Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

One simple and often overlooked way for larger companies to experiment is to randomize the introduction of new products across a set of markets. To answer those questions, Duncan and his team conducted an experiment, launching Express Pool in six large markets and then comparing metrics in the launch cities with those in others.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

You are marketing a new option, say with 20% more product or 50% more minutes on a calling plan, but you can’t get customers to pay for even a fraction of the additional value. Why do people get so mad about product downsizing? x 1.26 = 2), but it looks as if the product is just 78% bigger (because 26% + 26% + 26% = 78%).

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

But we discovered a surprisingly simple way to increase productivity, one that was low-cost and had immediate impact: better office seating arrangements. Worker performance data broken down into three metrics: Productivity. and Europe. Monthly reports on each employee’s location and assigned cubicle over time.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Products fueled by data and machine learning can be a powerful way to solve users’ needs. Classic examples include Google search and Amazon product recommendations, both of which improve as more users engage. Data products are a team sport. Develop the data-savvy of product and business groups.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

According to Gallup’s oft-cited research on the topic , just about one-third of U.S. Many companies are investing heavily to identify what leads to high engagement in order to motivate employees, thereby increasing their happiness and productivity. employees are engaged on the job. We think this is important.

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1 to 1

MAY 20, 2024

This article was written as part of a partnership between 1to1 Media and the European Customer Experience Organization. Research backs up why that’s misguided. The first 20-minute webinar, “ Mastering the Maze of CX Metrics & Money ,” was presented in April. They deliver our product faster, cheaper, and more efficiently.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2020

Products should be tested and optimized. These questions cannot be answered by copy testing, product testing, or other micro-testing methods. True, the model builders need statistical and mathematical skills, but without the marketing knowledge and marketing research experience, the modeling effort is not likely to be successful.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 15, 2023

Evidence from workplace studies on the benefits of character suggests that leaders with high character scores outperform others on company performance metrics. This article provides three practical steps to help you develop your character strengths and pass your next character test. What kind of leaders should they be?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Defining and tracking success metrics. Core Competencies.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. This measure has been validated by extensive academic research. This can lead to faulty estimations of companies’ myopia.

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LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

80% more productive. Goals and Success Metrics are Unclear or Misaligned. Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams. They also tout that modern selling leaders are: 51% more likely to achieve quota.

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Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2018

Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency. Because hospitals receive substantial governmental revenues, they make public their operating data, which we needed to calculate productivity. There are thousands of U.S.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

Consumers are registering their concerns about how companies make their products. Many of them responded by including quality metrics in their compensation incentives. As any compensation consultant will tell you, comp plans can address only so many metrics. Despite conflicting messages about climate change from U.S.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

That’s our product, and that’s our passion. It launched a product, gathered feedback, and kept iterating as it scaled and added users. At the other is a product or service that solves the problem or addresses the market in a way nobody has thought of before. Your data isn’t even in the picture.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. In this article, we will focus mostly on firms, but with some brief commentary on sectors and cities at the end. Wider dynamics may be at play.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2018

For example, I need to understand whether and why articles on having a mid-career crisis outperformed ones on receiving feedback or why pieces with particular headlines get more traffic than others. ” The article also addresses questions like: What are dependent and independent variables? Or buy our product? A/B testing.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In a phenomenon dubbed “the Ikea effect,” researchers found that people preferred things they helped make to things that were preassembled, even if their creations were of lower quality. Salespeople see the world as prospects and products, offers and opportunities. Aligning the big picture with the day-to-day.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2017

Recently, my colleague Wayne Cascio and I took up the question of why HR analytics progress has been so slow despite many decades of research and practical tool building, an exponential increase in available HR data, and consistent evidence that improved HR and talent management leads to stronger organizational performance.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Practitioners and pundits alike have long debated which metric is best for assessing the performance of a service organization. It’s not surprising that the metric figures prominently on a service rep’s scorecard. Why is average handle time such a bad metric for service? AHT is a culture killer.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. When Bernstein hid a set of production lines from managers’ view, the performance of employees on those lines increased by 10% to 15%. Our research into over 20,000 workers of all skill levels across U.S. Metrics emphasized speed.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. Establishing appropriate performance metrics and assigning attribution. Be prepared to revise metrics as the center evolves and celebrate small wins. Challenges.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2018

For example, research has found that 93% of Pinterest users plan purchases on the platform and 87% have made a purchase after seeing a product they liked. Start by basing your social strategy on business objectives, then follow that by thinking about target market, social media platforms, tools, and metrics.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But since Tom’s boss was under pressure to meet a number of website metrics, she didn’t have the flexibility to implement his ideas. It’s not often possible to ignore performance metrics or overcome policies and bureaucratic red-tape. .” At first, Tom wasn’t deterred.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

But our research and reporting show this isn’t the case. Orange’s VBN is one example; another belongs to a large telco in Silicon Valley, where its teams huddle alongside those from customers to prototype products and services. It’s typically assumed these companies are seeking a jolt of hipness.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

This article explains the role of culture in M&As, cross-cultural issues, and the proven practices of creating a shared culture intentionally. A healthy culture promotes productive conflict, team member participation, and team engagement. HOW TO READ THIS WHITE PAPER This white paper has five sections.

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2016

Some articles indicate that stories are an effective marketing and advertising tool. Other articles advise using social media networks, such as Pinterest. Still more articles offer a glimpse into other brands’ social media strategies. What are consumers saying about your brand, products, services, and competitors?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2018

They can reap benefits because of higher employee productivity and customer loyalty and satisfaction. Research has already shown that firms improving their performance in material ESG dimensions subsequently outperform their peers. Time-bound targets based on metrics and a clear strategic plan could do the trick, though.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The short answer we find from our research is: No. For our research , we looked at 71 emerging economies and identified 18 that achieved rapid and consistent GDP growth over the past 50 and 20 years. While our research found that firm-level innovation is high, we also note that policy plays an important role.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

Our research shows that digital transformation is paying off for those who embrace it: Digitally transformed organizations (“digital leaders”) performed much better than organizations that lagged behind (“digital laggards”), effectively creating a “digital divide” across companies. for leaders and 3.2%

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

While these are all sound ideas, our research shows that something more fundamental is at play. Our research, which we call the “digital DNA,” identified 23 new management practices CEOs should consider, focusing on empowerment, experimentation, collaboration, data, and speed. Being a CEO is harder than ever.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

” Beyond the usual financial metrics, JetBlue also measures the strength of its culture and the quality of its experience. According to research by one of us (Barry), technology- and network-based business models are more profitable, enable faster growth, and are more rewarded in the marketplace.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

Algorithms are not agnostic, but tend to favor certain types of articles over others. Rather the focus of this new digital effort seems to be on automating the production process to cut costs and then upselling readers to higher margin video content. Managing for Metrics Rather than Mission. Eyeballs Instead of Experiences.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 10, 2017

Our research, however, shows that this type of management approach doesn’t just lead to lower-quality service interactions, but it’s more likely to increase errors than to reduce them. Legacy productivity metrics like Average Handle Time (AHT), which we’ve written about previously.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

businesses offer such programs, research on their effectiveness has been mixed. The impact went beyond the one specific metric. While more than 60% of U.S. They may feel healthier, but they also report that they sleep better, have more energy, experience more positivity, and find that they can get off blood pressure medication.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Across the health care industry, there’s a growing sense that pushing doctors ever harder to achieve productivity, quality, and service goals is backfiring. Doctors are working harder than ever and spending more of their time documenting clinical metrics and measuring patient satisfaction. Develop Strong Clinical Teams.

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