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PEST Analysis

Tom Spencer

If you are thinking about producing a strategic plan, developing a new product, entering a new market, engaging in a new venture, or financing a project then it probably makes sense to understand the big picture issues that could affect your success. Insights gained from the analysis can then be used to develop a strategic plan of action.

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Are all your eggs in one valuation basket?

Rod Burkert

As you can imagine, I am speaking about practice development … the title of my talk is Scale Your Business Model. We can unzip the intellectual property we use in our 1:1 world and create valuable courses, toolkits, webinars, etc. It’s not a question of your work ethic. Here’s a sneak peek. Why bother with 1:many.

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How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

Harvard Business

These issues include legislation, regulation, litigation, enforcement, investigations, geopolitical risk, demands for ethical actions, and public criticism, affecting all the functions of the corporation in their interaction with all levels of global governments (central, regional, local).

Ethics 28
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When Is It Important for an Algorithm to Explain Itself?

Harvard Business

Who should be involved in decisions regarding business impact, regulatory compliance, technical approach, and even ethical values when companies integrate machine learning into business operations? Often, the reason given is to protect intellectual property or prevent a security breach.

Data 28
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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. In normalizing violations, therefore, Uber has shifted the entire urban transport business and set an example for other sectors.

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Leading in a World Without Secrets

Harvard Business

(Toyota used to conduct plant tours all the time for execs from other auto companies curious about its famous Toyota Production System; replicating TPS elsewhere depended on hard to develop capabilities, not secret formulas.). But also it is about developing a capability for reacting publicly, quickly and rapidly.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? If your strategy relies heavily on aggressive M&A, for example, do you really want a CFO who doesn’t command a salary higher than the norm? It’s not surprising.