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Higher Wages Aren’t Enough to Turn Mediocre Jobs into Good Ones

Harvard Business

Facing a tight labor market as the holiday shopping season approaches, many retail companies will undoubtedly consider following the lead of Amazon, which recently announced that it is raising its minimum hourly wage for all of its U.S. Higher wages are good for retail and other low-wage service workers. above the federal minimum wage.

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Before Automating Your Company?s Processes, Find Ways to Improve Them

Harvard Business

RPA is a category of software tools that enable complex digital processes to be automated by performing them in the same way a human user might perform them, using the user interface and following a set of predefined rules. Examples of RPA and Process Improvement. billion customer journey transformation program.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

At EY, where some of us work, we have developed a tool for social media analytics called SMAART that is able to understand sentiment within consumer and influencer groups. Organizations often seem obsessed by measuring fractional shifts in operational performance, capturing data on sales, inventory turns, and manufacturing efficiency.