article thumbnail

Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business

The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. It became easier and easier for small enterprises to gain customer reach and awareness (along with working capital). But it didn’t quite work out that way.

article thumbnail

2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney

Tom Spencer

Nous service lines include business strategy, public policy, leadership & people development, organisational capability, and information management & technology. Pacific Strategy Partners develops practical solutions by deploying low leveraged teams guided by deep Director expertise. Pacific Strategy Partners.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Tom Spencer

Nous service lines include business strategy, public policy, leadership & people development, organisational capability, and information management & technology. Pacific Strategy Partners deploys low leveraged teams to provide clients with Strategy Development, Operational Improvement, and Transaction Support. Oliver Wyman.

article thumbnail

Top 10 Cognitive Biases that Affect Strategic Planning

LSA Global

There is arguably no more important responsibility of business leaders than to develop a clear, believable, and implementable strategy for their enterprise that will lead to success. Cognitive Bias and Strategy Planning. This effect is when a leader, division, or company thinks they are good at something that they actually are not.

article thumbnail

What the Companies on the Right Side of the Digital Business Divide Have in Common

Harvard Business

Our research focused on 344 enterprises* listed on U.S. Data can be aggregated to benchmark a customer’s operations, suggest performance improvements, and help the customer capture greater value through energy and water savings, increased product performance. exchanges with a median company revenue of $3.4 Digital leaders are 2.5x

Company 28
article thumbnail

4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

While the execution of a conventional strategy lends itself to linear progress and clear benchmarks, innovation often proceeds by S-curves , moving at a slow crawl until it explodes at an exponential rate. Yet every enterprise is essentially a square-peg business waiting for a round-hole world. Build for the Few, Not the Many.

ROI 28
article thumbnail

6 Things New Grads Should Know Before Joining a Startup

Harvard Business

graduates want to work at a large firm; 44% want to work in a startup or other small enterprise. It’s also going to be a lot harder to benchmark the offer they give you against salaries at other firms. This May, as new college graduates charge out into the workforce, many will hunt for jobs at startups instead of big companies.

Culture 41