Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2022

It is obvious that companies need innovation regardless of different industries. New and innovative products have brought economic growth, communication and educational accessibility, and environmental sustainability to the advancement of society. Do you ever wonder why your company is not innovative? You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

It’s interesting, and a bit sad, to see town car drivers waiting and waiting and waiting outside of hotels as Uber and Lyft cars come and go with passengers. As much as the ride companies disrupted the taxi industry they did the same, or more, to town car industry. And it’s not just technology. Often it’s speed.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

The topic of industry disruption — “a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to successfully challenge established incumbent businesses” — is rife with misconceptions. Industry disruption, as Accenture research has found, is reasonably predictable. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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Consulting Success

MAY 15, 2017

Now if you’re following this discussion closely, you’ll notice these examples are for products, not services. BBBK provides services to its clients that include restaurants, high-end hotels, and other businesses. Like a consultant, they are serving the B2B market. Examples of Guarantees in the Consulting Industry.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 6, 2019

Can you think of many industries not affected by technology? It seems automation and artificial intelligence are replacing high-paying blue-collar jobs in the oil drilling industry. A good analogy is a hotel; if they don’t rent the room today, they can’t rent it twice tomorrow. Cars are nothing but a computer on wheels.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2018

Scented environments have been shown to reduce typos made by office workers ; improve the perception of product quality ; increase purchase intent , average unit sales , and duration of a retail visit or stay among consumers; and boost the willingness of consumers to pay more for a product. Ad agency J.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

You can Google any question related to your business or industry and find an answer in seconds. Rather than blogs focused on a particular consulting industry, I’m listing blogs that are focused on business development, marketing, and sales for consultants and independent professionals.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2018

It is cliché to talk of Airbnb as the hotel company with no properties, or Uber as the taxi company with no cars. In 2018, marketplace platforms – products or services that mediate transactions in other products and/or services between two or more groups – are ubiquitous in many industries.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2016

So far, the theory behind this laissez-fair regulatory approach — which many in Silicon Valley are happy to endorse — is that platform companies define new markets for which regulators were not prepared, and as such can’t be regulated in the same way as legacy companies. In contrast, in the U.S.,

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Chad Barr

APRIL 5, 2017

Instead, I could have been relaxing at my hotel —but where’s the adventure in that? What existing products and services can you improve upon, adjust, or tweak in an exciting way? Are there certain products or services that no longer serve your customers? A brand new market to tackle? What should I stop doing?

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LSA Global

MARCH 1, 2021

Companies that differentiate themselves from the pack create a competitive advantage and improve their ability to make smart choices about how to market, price, prospect, sell, win deals, serve clients, and allocate resources. Do We Have Enough Cost Leadership? Do We Do It Faster Than the Competition?

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

When visiting my mother-in-law, we stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel. More likely it’s someone too busy (this is a popular business hotel), doing too much in too short a time, and she simply forgot she had things in the safe. As we went to put things in the safe it wouldn’t open. It was locked. Here’s what I mean.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

In the New York office, the industries McKinsey caters to are financial services, health care services, advanced electronics, aerospace and defense, and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications). Bainies in NYC work to support their clients on nearly every industry and across all ranges.

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MishTalk

JUNE 6, 2014

After close to 30 years of doing this job I am realizing that energy is everything in explaining growth, investment, sentiment and market returns. Understand energy and its marginal price of production and its delivery and you have the keys to predicting the world. A French reporter was wounded recently near Slaviasnk. It''s pathetic."

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Price wars have broken out in consumer industries around the world. Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. The intense competition on pricing that pervades many industries makes consumer perception more important than ever.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 17, 2023

Marriott International: Marriott International is a global hotel chain recognized for its commitment to servant leadership. In summary, these companies serve as excellent examples of how servant leadership applies in various industries and contexts. The company also has a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2013

Bhatia, head of the enterprise business at television maker Videocon Industries, said in an August 21 interview. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Close to the Capitol, its office serves dynamic clients in a mix of industries including healthcare, aerospace, defense, and consumer products. The McKinsey Washington, DC office attracts people from all walks of life: business, law, medicine, industry, academia, and public service. Cool, or not?

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

Digital technology has been roiling markets and disrupting companies for more than two decades, but despite that lengthy history, incumbents are still struggling to enact and deliver on digital transformations. Accor, which is opening its online booking platform to independent hotels offers a good case. Insight Center.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 30, 2020

The investment banking sector became so big, so powerful, and so profitable that it started recruiting talent out of other industries. In the months after the stock market crash of 2008, many of those rocket scientists were laid off. One sector, in particular, was “rocket scientists.”. The recession that followed fixed that.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

We also supplemented the survey with well-known brand rankings, Net Promoter Scores (NPS), and an analysis of their marketing expenditures and strategies. For example, consider the following “brand twins” — pairs of legacy and newcomer brands that compete in the same industry.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

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Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2017

The Model 3 has mostly rave reviews and a multiyear waiting list, which is quite a feat, even for an industry leader like Musk. Classic metrics like market penetration and market share, which many leaders are measured on, are the very things causing us to miss market opportunities and threats. more units than Tesla.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

Jeffrey Seller, the lead producer of Hamilton , unabashedly explained that he has a fiduciary responsibility to investors to boost prices since the market has demonstrated that tickets were underpriced. We’ve entered a new era, one where consumers understand market-based prices. So what should Hamilton have done? I doubt it.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2016

To estimate on-demand spending, respondents were queried about whether they purchased on-demand products and services in a monthly period, the categories of the purchases, and the amount spent. This is up from only 76 companies operating in just 6 industries 2 years ago. But major corporations are starting to enter on-demand markets.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

A second set of entrepreneurs focus on information goods and think of IT as the product. But today there is a third approach, one that will become the dominant path for most entrepreneurs, especially those building information products. Microsoft, IBM, and Google offer similar services. Take a company like Airbnb.

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freshminds

MARCH 22, 2016

If anyone is anyone in retail, the annual coming together of industry bosses at Retail Week Live is a big date in your calendar. Sponsored by digital software developer Oracle, the glittering event took place in the Ballroom of the Grovesnor House Hotel on Park Lane as the champagne flowed and live bands headlined.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

First, digital transformation is rapidly engulfing almost all industries. sensors, search, social media, and artificial intelligence) cut across all of these industries. Third, as the market for private capital has grown and matured, new ventures can raise extremely large sums of capital without the necessity of a public listing.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Uber’s global assault on the taxi industry is well known. The businesses most at risk from platforms powered by rapidly improving online technologies aren’t, in fact, traditional businesses that sell products and services to consumers. All but one of these new matchmakers directly disrupted an existing platform industry.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 9, 2013

Seths Blog.Seth Godins riffs on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread. All Marketers Are Liars Blog. All Marketers Tell Stories. All Marketers Tell Stories. Seths most important book about the art of marketing. Permission Marketing. Essential reading about remarkable products and services.

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Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2017

It wasn’t long ago and, yet, in technology terms, it’s almost an eternity — ride- or hotel-sharing companies didn’t exist yet and the first generation of social media platforms were just hitting the mainstream. The housing bubble started to burst. Apple released the first iPhone. So much has changed since then.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2018

companies $450 billion to $550 billion per year in lost productivity. It wanted to be known for entertainment venues and hotels that were not gaming-centric — such as the Bellagio and MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Organizations spend over $100 billion annually to improve employee engagement.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

The Order of United Commercial Travelers , for instance, was founded to “ improve character and instill temperate habits,” and Gideon bibles were originally put in hotel rooms to help “ eliminate gambling , drinking, dirty jokes, Sunday trading and other forms of temptation peculiar to traveling (sales) men.”

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

They grow faster, make more money, and are more valued than companies organized around products and services. Think of platforms and networks in our digital age as the equivalent of electricity and motors in the industrial age. Value is in the products and services themselves. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Airbnb has nearly doubled its user base every year since 2012 and is now worth $30 billion — nearly as much as Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain. The explosive growth of ride sharing is a big reason why Hertz reported dismal quarterly results in November 2016, leading to a 23% drop in its market value.

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