Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

This article will highlight two key differentiating factors to bear in mind if you wish to specialise in public advisory services. The European Community’s Common Agricultural Policy did not primarily aim to boost agricultural productivity in the first place, but to cushion the social consequences of economic transition in the post-war era.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Many companies are investing heavily to identify what leads to high engagement in order to motivate employees, thereby increasing their happiness and productivity. Working with two Fortune 100 companies, we looked to test the assumption that highly engaged employees are more productive. We think this is important.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

How often do you consider the air quality in your office and how it affects employees and their productivity? Given these studies tying air quality to health, we wanted to see whether improved ventilation affects cognitive function, an indicator of worker productivity. Chances are it’s not often.

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BCG

JULY 11, 2016

Article Monday, July 11, 2016. At industry forums, they have given voice to, and found agreement on, a number of risk management principles and priorities—consensus that was also evident in the results of this year’s Global Asset Management Benchmarking Survey conducted by The Boston Consulting Group.

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Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

To them, the unit of differentiation is an individual product, service or brand. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. This is a change from the differentiation strategies of the past.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2023

As we saw in the previous article , the HBPS process has five key steps: Define the problem Define drivers and generate/refine hypotheses Determine information needs Gather and analyze the data Draw conclusions and develop recommendations In this post, we will explore these five steps in greater detail.

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MishTalk

MAY 24, 2014

Plunkett’s improper conduct occurred on June 28, 2012, the day after the regulator and United States authorities announced a $450 million fine against Barclays for improperly influencing global benchmark interest rates, including the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, the regulator said. “A

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 6, 2012

IN A RECENT article by Bloomberg Businessweek , assistant managing editor Brian Bremmer reports that investigators in America, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the EU are trying to determine whether a handful of brokers and traders have manipulated LIBOR. by Tom Spencer on March 6, 2012 · 4 comments  ·  Image Source. in Economics.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 2, 2019

In the previous article on ‘The Smart Intern’, we broadly talked about seeking feedback and working on it fast as the time available during your internship is limited. In this article, we will explore how to get the best feedback and implement an improvement strategy. Do you have a benchmark in mind? Why is feedback important?

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

You can split revenue down further into quantities, prices, and product mix. If possible, some benchmark data -- either internally (against different stores, regions, plants, etc.) It can also introduce new products or tweak existing products to better satisfy their customers. 4) New product. 2) Growth.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Add in speeches, training programs, TV programs, online-products, coaches, yoga, and the like, self-help is a $10 billion industry per year , and that’s just in the U.S. Myth 2: We get better by benchmarking ourselves against others. Why New Personal Productivity Efforts Don’t Stick. It accounts for about 2.5%

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Epicflow

MARCH 22, 2024

This article is inspired by the webinar featuring Epicflow co-founder Jan Willem Tromp and professor Mario Vanhoucke based on his latest book “The Illusion of Control: Project Data, Computer Algorithms and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”. When calculated before project commencement, it serves as a benchmark.

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Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Find answers to these questions in the article. . The Portfolio, Program and Project Management Maturity Model provides organizations with a framework to assess and benchmark the state of their performance as well as helps them develop improvement plans. What is project management maturity exactly, and how to define its level?

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

While there’s less buzz around business-to-business markets, these innovations are changing the game in B2B as well, even in old-line industries selling what might be considered commodity products. For a deep dive into the elements, see our related HBR article “ The B2B Elements of Value ”). Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

And second, they need to ensure that – even with respect to strategy and operations – board scrutiny doesn’t result in an over-emphasis on conforming to benchmarks and industry norms. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. Letting your ETR slip to the benchmark could risk your customers’ trust.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Agile Software Development track will be interesting for Scrum masters, Agile coaches, team leaders, project and product managers, and everyone involved in product delivery. The other track, Product Design and Management, will attract product managers, UI/UX designers, and researchers.

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2018

Choose a broadly accepted benchmark, and set a narrow goal to see whether and where you can meaningfully add value. When looking at Yelp data, for example, we considered census data a significant benchmark, since it is something commonly used within research and policy work. Start by looking for the best data available.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

As McGrath and MacMillan explained in a 2014 article, the idea started in the mid-1990s while reviewing the projects Rita tracks in her “flops” file — her collection of failed growth projects that had lost their parent company at least $50 million. ” Step 2: Do benchmarking. What Is Discovery Driven-Planning?

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

I’ll give a few examples, starting with his first HBR article but mostly concerning later work. (A But the article aimed higher, arguing that when corporate leaders invest with short-term results in mind, they put long-term performance at risk. Sound familiar?

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Early on, he wrote many articles about his real passion of “taking the measure” on business problems. The focus of this article is on Booz & Company because of its focus on strategy. Product and Service Innovation. Consumer Products. When writing this article, we asked ourselves – “Will there ever be MBBB?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

And Honeywell recently established a dedicated Industrial IoT (IIoT) division to create an IoT platform that helps industrial clients derive greater value from its products and the 2.5 Ecolab’s products and services help major refineries, petrochemical plants, and manufacturing facilities process and save water in their operations.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 12, 2014

The jump partly reflects new products such as the Google Glass “smart” glasses and its development of driverless cars, said Mr Lo. According to the agreement announced Tuesday, Micron can use any Rambus patent for the manufacture of "specified integrated circuit products." Hopefully we can learn from the smartphone litigation.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

And HBO had to reassure viewers that production of Game of Thrones , some of which is shot in Northern Ireland, would not be interrupted. The UK Treasury’s 200-page April 2016 report, blandly titled “The Long-Term Economic Impact of EU Membership and the Alternatives,“ seems a useful, well-executed benchmark.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

For example, online retailers can adjust product prices daily because they have automated the collection of competitors’ prices. One traditional insurer, for instance, shifted from updating its quotes every several days to every 15 minutes by simply automating the processes that collect benchmark pricing data. Trying out AI.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Explaining the Plunge in Oil Slowing global economy, especially China and Europe US production expansion OPEC pumping above quotas – they all cheat Iran embargo failing Increased fuel economy Attitudes of millennials towards cars and driving I give heaviest weight to number one, but they all cascade. No conspiracy theories needed.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Without the breathing room to invest in new equipment and technologies, smaller manufacturers may be up to 40% less productive than large companies—a gap so sizable that it drags down the entire sector’s performance. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2018

Why New Personal Productivity Efforts Don’t Stick. Set a golden benchmark. Of course, that benchmark will change as you develop. Others have also identified interaction and collaboration as critical factors in fruitful learning. You and Your Team Series. Building Good Habits. Break Bad Habits with a Simple Checklist.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 10, 2020

Your skills remind of me Matt Olpinski, a freelancer/consultant featured in my article on the best consultant websites : Here’s what Matt had to say about his freelancing website: The main reason why I have the website is because I don’t want to waste time, money, and energy on chasing down new clients. Don’t bother with freelance websites.

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Harvard Business

JULY 21, 2017

Likewise, Quirky tried to manufacture the products its community conceived rather than find expert low cost producers. Firms launching new products today use Alibaba, an effective platform, to find low cost manufacturers with competitive bids. Alibaba makes none of these new products but instead facilitates the match.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But the comparison at least provides a benchmark. Likewise, frequently changing work schedules may disrupt precarious travel arrangements for otherwise productive workers. These companies clearly believe that the benefits of these services for employee productivity and retention outweigh the significant cost of running a bus system.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

That’s certainly what we thought before Bain & Company launched its in-depth investigation of workforce productivity. We benchmarked the practices of these organizations relative to companies widely regarded as best-in-class. The best-performing companies simply have better people. But people deployment is vitally important.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Pension plan assumptions are always on my mind and a Financial Times article earlier this month puts a spotlight on the problem. German life companies, which have estimated liabilities of more than €700bn, sell policies that offer annual guaranteed returns to policyholders, who use the products to save for retirement.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 25, 2018

If an industrial product like a car fails the manufacturer pulls it back, tests it and, if necessary, re-equips it. Still, market research suggests that future markets for its products and services could be huge — with the U.N. David Aubrey/Getty Images. It is hard to think of a single case.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation. Ironically, analysis revealed that several processes intended to boost employee productivity led to dissatisfied customers making multiple calls.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

” Benchmarking and Operational Cost Savings. “B Corp certification was an affordable way to review everything from our energy and water usage, impact on the community, to the cleaning products we use,” says co-founder and one of the original companies to seek B corp certification Mandy Cabot.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

The key product and customer jobs no longer attracted the best talent. Speed is measurable and can be benchmarked. But as companies grow, they become sclerotic, like the company described by the CEO at the start of this article. One simple way to maintain speed as your company grows is by having fewer, higher impact meetings.

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