Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2016

So we partnered with Virgin Atlantic Airways on a field experiment to understand how the behavior of employees—in this case, airline captains—influences fuel efficiency, and how low-cost company interventions can influence their behavior. million reduction in fuel costs for the firm over the eight-month study period.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

” Metrics were developed to monitor these, and targets were set before moving on. It can even involve immersing yourself in the stakeholder experience by going through it, e.g. the senior executives of an airline might travel at the back of the plane to get a feel for what economy passengers experience.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2018

In a pricing scenario, for example, your case for investment may first count FTE hours saved by moving away from manual calculations, but the bigger goal is showing how you’re improving prediction accuracy and ultimately how this work is improving margins, share of wallet, or other growth metrics.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2014

What they found surprised them. As they reported in a paper published in 2008 , rule-of-thumb methods were generally as good or even slightly better at predicting individual customer behavior than sophisticated models. Ergo: heuristics win. There are other areas where the heuristic advantage might be even greater.

Retail 28

Retail Apparel Financial Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The airline industry has experienced great volatility from deregulation, takeovers through mergers and acquisitions, and, as always, unpredictable forces of nature. ” Krolick also noted that a meaningful number of United Airlines employees are also pilots—these are super-superconsumers. Unlocking Energy.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

” Metric obsession. In 1992, to free-up warehouse space, the UK team promised free airline tickets to customers who purchased more than £100 worth of its products. Drucker’s exhortation, “What gets measured gets managed” is often invoked when approaching execution. A little later, the U.S.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 26, 2016

Learning to control their own emotions at the behest of the airline became such second nature to the flight attendants that they began to manage their feelings in their personal lives in a similar fashion. So make the expectations and metrics around comportment and customer service clear when you hire workers.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

But traditional metrics might underestimate the impact of digital, leaving companies vulnerable to aggressive competitors or pure-play disruptors. Our findings: A number of digital metrics, or signals, that aren’t widely tracked today are very strong predictors of revenue growth and share price. Digital share. Digital momentum.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The Net Promoter Score is a customer loyalty metric originally formulated by Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix in 2003. Because customers are key to bringing about this change, customer satisfaction metrics helps to see the true story. Want to find out what the Ultimate Question is? WHY READ IT?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Key performance metrics, such as “intent to return,” driven by expensive tickets and long lines, were worsening. Today, Delta has industry-leading operations in metrics such as on-time arrivals, flight cancellations, and lost bags. What role could software play in that equation? For an example, look to Disney World.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2018

Like banks, airlines, and retailers, health care providers will need to offer an easy, digital front-end experience to their customers. These are all very different strategic needs requiring different implementation approaches and performance metrics. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier. Sponsored by Optum.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Southwest Airlines) and some strong cultures hurt performance (i.e. Do not Forget Metrics. Strategic clarity can set a company up to perform beyond just the sum of its parts. When it comes to performance however, strategy is only the beginning, not the end. Some strong cultures help companies perform (i.e.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

What were the KPI’s or metrics achieved to show that the project was a success? Did you notice how many people were chiming in on the United Airlines incident back in April of 2017? The Outcome : This is where you discuss how you improved your client’s condition. How did their business improve as a result of the engagement?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Every Chinese citizen’s “social credit score”, drawing upon public and private data sources can determine what services – from no-deposit apartment rentals to booking airline tickets to dating to government services — are accessible to the citizen.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 22, 2016

Airline pilots must pass a simulator exam before licensure; violinists must audition before joining a world-class orchestra; comedians must prove they are funny before becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member. They all use some version of tryouts or auditions to select their talent.

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