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Tesla Shows How Traditional Business Metrics Are Outdated

Harvard Business

Tesla just delivered its first Model 3, the affordable model that he envisioned in his “secret” strategy some 11 years ago. At the core of the confusion over a company like Tesla is that traditional business metrics are outdated and can create overconfidence or underestimation. Laura Schneider for HBR.

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Your Mobile Strategy Can’t Just Be About Phones

Harvard Business

To get there, companies should take the time to level-set their efforts with three strategic exercises: Reexamine your goals and strategy. With more and more options for mobile interactions, businesses all too often get their digital strategy wrong — or don’t reassess it often enough. Insight Center. Think about Airbnb.

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Salespeople Need a Strategy for Selling to CEOs

Harvard Business

Conversely, an improvement in manufacturing or supply chain processes often affects sales tasks — and it’s not an “improvement” if it hurts sales while optimizing another group’s performance metrics. The salesman was successful because he knew what Magnuson needed and provided insights about his hotels.

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Consultant Ninja: Signs of Crunch Time: Management Consulting Blog

Consultant Ninja

Countdown metric unit shrinking. ["96 Reads just like a déjà-vu of my last crunch time on a project, minus the wife, plus irritated friends ("wtf, do you know that it is 1am?" - "but you said to call you when I get to the hotel, didnt you?"). I am a strategy consultant at. Client timeline shortening. 96 hours until were done."]

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

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. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

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How to Navigate a Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

This will require reporting on new metrics. Dashboards usually include metrics such as number of interactions on your digital platform (sales or other), number of active network partners, value created, for both the firm and its partners, and the overall sentiment of the network regarding its collaboration.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Interestingly, KPMG is the only one of the Big 4 that has not yet acquired a boutique strategy firm. Advisory ranges from risk consulting – very technical, low-level and compliance oriented – to high-powered analytical strategy projects and M&A work. Richard Solomons – Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group.