Martinka Consulting

MARCH 30, 2020

Or, if you’re sick of being cooped up and simply want to talk, give me a call or suggest we meet for a walking coffee (at a safe distance). You want good talent back when this is over. On to a few miscellaneous thoughts on our current situation. This virus has affected every business. Take care of your employees the best you can.

Small Business 40

Small Business Balance Sheet Cash Flow Banking 40

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Paradoxically, “data” appear everywhere but on the balance sheet and income statement. Organizational capabilities include talent, structure, and culture. Start with talent. Except for very few, this hasn’t happened. Indeed, the cold reality is that for most, progress is agonizingly slow.

Data 33

Data Strategy Strategy Strategy& 33

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. Even with the advanced capabilities of AI products such as Amazon’s Alexa, machines are rudimentary in their ability to understand the emotional tenor of a person, meeting, or organization. Emotional competence.

Ethics 49

Ethics Balance Sheet System Productivity 49

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2017

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. In contrast, today’s scarcest resource is your human capital, as measured by the time, talent and energy of your workforce. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

Management 53

Management Company Balance Sheet Talent 53

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors. Applying them broadly without reference to your talent strategy could make it impossible to source or retain the people you need to achieve goals.

Benchmarking 33

Benchmarking Company Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 33

Free Agent CFO

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Meet Susan. ” But the CFO coach reminded her that being a past-based CFO is a gift and to use that talent wisely. The balance sheet is dull and boring with almost no debt. It’s one of those balance sheets that lacks drama. The majority of the CFOs I meet are past-based CFOs. And cash flow?

Balance Sheet 45

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Financial Report 45

Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. You meet the bar on this lever if you are among the top 20% in your industry in your ratio of capital spending to sales. So WPP acquired the ad agencies J.

Research 28

Research Balance Sheet Industry Sales 28