Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Everywhere you look online during the 2023 holiday season, you’ll see three things: A ridiculous amount of ads for products you don’t need or want… but might buy anyway. Delaying hiring or RIFs (reduction in force) means existing staff may be overburdened, which can lead to burnout, decreased productivity, and attrition in the new year.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

If they get funded, they can perform the research, write up their results in the form of a manuscript and then try to get the manuscript published in a scientific journal. The more interesting and impactful the research the more likely it will be published in a top tier journal with more readers. They have to use their resources (e.g.

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Metrics Industry Benchmarking How To 88

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? Barlow research – Two-thirds of lower middle-market business owners are expected to retire. The answer is yes, based on the activity level of everybody we know in the M&A/buy-sell industry.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 12, 2023

Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon the business. 3 Organizational Culture Company Examples Organizations with strong organizational cultures are defined by having their culture deeply rooted in how they operate. The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (4), 763-781. References: Büschgens, T.,

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Culture Strategy Strategy Strategy& 76

Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 24, 2023

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). million per launch. Kollmann, T.,

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Culture Leadership Journal Study 52

Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Those who read this memo regularly know I pull a lot of my content from the headlines so when I saw the Wall Street Journal’s August 16, 2021 Journal Report on The New Workplace it felt like a cornucopia of content. For business operators, buyers, and sellers the labor market is, or should be, the number one issue.

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Management Journal Operations Industry 40

Consultant Journal

AUGUST 6, 2019

Products & Services. Sales & Marketing Plan. Operating Plan. Having run a business and marketing consulting firm for most of my career, I’ve written countless business plans. That means creating systems for engaging and retaining profitable clients, operating your business and more. Executive Summary.

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Consulting Financial Operations System 67

1 to 1

JULY 7, 2022

While supply chain issues, labor shortages, inflation, and a potential COVID-19 resurgence continue to complicate operations and business decisions, companies are charging ahead with plans for a busy season. Like other online mattress companies, Nolah Mattress’ customers can’t go to a physical store to try out its products.

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Retail Journal Tools Training 26

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

So even as rig counts collapsed, production is barely off the highs, at a price that isn't even profitable. Oil Patch Problems The Wall Street Journal explains Low Crude Prices Catch Up With the U.S. But the recent drop toward $40 a barrel and below puts even the most efficient operators in a bind. oil prices at $50 a barrel.

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Productivity Energy Case Interview Transportation 28

Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Good employees are hard to find and often are not in the job market. Great employees with industry knowledge and experience are in the job market even less. By being larger you can reduce most or all of the following: Customers Employees Management abilities Product Owner. Just talk to any executive recruiter. Yes, we can!

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Cash Flow Small Business Sports Talent 40

Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 18, 2022

Selfless love is proven to enhance organizational com [link] mitment, productivity, job performance, and emotional well-being. Using data enables organizations to optimize operations leading to reduced costs and increased revenue. Robots and jobs: Evidence from US labor markets. Journal of Political Economy. Collins, J.

Leadership 52

Leadership Trends Journal McKinsey 52

1 to 1

MARCH 21, 2023

The event, held live after a three-year hiatus, is so named because it focuses on the four pillars of experience management: customer, employee, brand, and product experience. airline in 2022 by the Wall Street Journal , which scores airlines on seven operations and customer metrics. “We she told Customer Strategist Journal.

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Report Healthcare Airlines Trends 26

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

After all, no company wants to become the next brand on the front page of the Wall Street Journal or have their executives testify in front of Congress. While security executives have a reputation for stymieing operations and product development with the burdens of technical operations, their role is actually to enable business.

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Intellectual Property How To Operations Meeting 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

One response to today’s climate crisis has been a belief that markets and corporate innovation will provide the solution. Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. Wallace Garrison/Getty Images.

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Energy Case Interview Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

As a marketing ploy the move clearly failed. While technology can certainly improve operational performance, the idea that it can replace a sound strategy is a dangerous delusion. The internet positively erupted with derision. The Downside of Data. First, let’s take the notion of data-driven content optimization.

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Data Journal Media Video 32

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 23, 2009

Friedman Billings Ramsey was hot back in 2005 - boutique investment bank, middle market, a cool FBR acronym. The longer I am in business, the more allergic I am becoming to business gurus and journals (Tom Peters, Gary Hamel, HBR, McK Quarterly, etc). The investment bank still operates as FBR Capital Markets. at 9:50 PM.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines McKinsey 100

Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? This tactic is a fine example of how published articles can function not only as marketing tools but as selling tools as well.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

Although there are several things, here are 2 key ones: First, you will learn different aspects of the business — everything from product development to sales to customer relations — and have some experience in each area. Size its market. What will you learn from starting a business that will help you prepare for consulting?

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MishTalk

APRIL 26, 2014

Russian Markets Have Worst Week Since Crimea. Ukraine forces barricade the rebel stronghold of Slavyansk Russia Issues Downbeat Economic Statement The World Politics Journal notes Russia’s central bank issues a downbeat statement on the Russian economy. percent this year, the most for an emerging-market currency after Argentina’s peso.

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Benchmarking Banking Finance Operations 67

MishTalk

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Autonomous taxis will operate in test mode next year with a goal of full production by 2020. Robot Taxis Image Image: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal Note the car still has a steering wheel. It's just a test, but it won't take five years for live operation. The future has arrived, at least in Japan. But here we are.

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Transportation Journal Travel Operations 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption. And firms operating in more competitive markets incurred approximately $600M higher cost of self-disruption than those in less competitive markets.

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Company Research Software Operations 28

Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 31, 2019

Asking questions is critical to succeeding in selling your product or service or your business in general. They want so much to tell a prospect everything they can possibly think of about their fabulous product or service that they refuse to let their prospect get a word in edgewise. Are You Targeting the Right Market?

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Sales Conference Industry Productivity 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

But Slack is generally aimed at the enterprise market and doesn’t specialize in intimate relationships. Similarly, Facebook doesn’t specialize in purveying journalism, even though almost every news company posts articles on Facebook. In journalism, for example, the pageview is a much-maligned metric. Siegler at G.V.,

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Media Metrics eBook Software 36

Management Consulted

JULY 5, 2015

However, one of the most unnerving things about strategic consulting is that you’re supposed to be able to increase productivity across this very same landscape without respect to the size, type, and complexity of the client. Whether it’s Betty Billionaire or Sammy Startup, you’re there to add value.

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Consulting Interviews Airlines Industry 100

Harvard Business

AUGUST 6, 2018

CareAi’s diagnosis is based on a statistical analysis of all of that data: if I see “A” in your blood and medical journals say that means you have malaria, CareAi can say whether you have malaria up to a certain confidence level. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations.

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System Healthcare Data Government 35

MishTalk

JANUARY 8, 2016

Causal Mechanism Explains Counter-Productiveness of QE and Forward Guidance This empirical data [the Jackson Hole presentation] notwithstanding, a causal explanation of why QE and forward guidance should have had negative consequences was lacking. Fourth, QE works by a “signaling effect” rather than by any actual policy operations.

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Policies Financial Journal Enterprise 28

MishTalk

AUGUST 17, 2013

Nearly 40% of car factories in North America now operate on work schedules that push production well past 80 hours a week, compared with 11% in 2008, said Ron Harbour, a senior partner with the Oliver Wyman Inc. Toledo factory managers recently changed break schedules to squeeze out even more production. Who is Buying Cars?

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Oliver Wyman Film Sales Data 75

Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

To understand the nature of the problem, let’s look at how penicillin was brought to market. What most people don’t realize is that his findings sat in an obscure medical journal for a full decade before anyone noticed them. There is a wide chasm that separates an initial discovery and a viable product idea.

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Government Research Journal Biotechnology 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Before the iPhone was introduced, in 2007, Nokia was the dominant mobile phone maker with a clearly stated purpose — “Connecting people” — and an aggressive strategy for sustaining market dominance. The once-dominant Nokia soon lost much of its market cap and was eventually acquired by Microsoft.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Company 48

Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2016

And it’s a telling tale about whether the consumer products industry can get a digital business model right. While Dollar Shave Club represents a growing share of the razorblades market, it is still tiny, it operates with low margins, is made up of an irreverent albeit engineering-savvy team – and is, as yet, unprofitable.

Retail 28

Retail Industry Productivity Engineering 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

By buying Whole Foods, Amazon gets virtually limitless possibilities to test products and services, test price points and assortment interactions, redefine the price perception for organic and healthier foods, merge offline and online shopping experiences, and perhaps test home delivery or store pickup with ideal early adopters.

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Retail Productivity Operations Study 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

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Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2018

Citing a substantial body of expert research, the letter stated, “We believe there is a clear need for Apple to offer parents more choices and tools to help them ensure that young consumers are using your products in an optimal manner.” What was surprising, however, was the unlikely partnership between JANA and CalSTRS.

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Research Tools Journal Financial 32

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

Prior research suggests that compared to other firms, this elite subset of firms attract more and better job applicants , command higher prices for products and services , and sustain higher financial performance. We examined this issue and published our findings in a recent paper in the Strategic Management Journal.

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Comparison Marketing Research Journal 31

Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. Some comparable firms include Analysis Group, Inc.,

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 23, 2024

A single misstep, whether in product quality, customer service, or ethical considerations, can tarnish a brand’s image irreparably. Operational Inefficiencies: Mistakes in operational processes can lead to inefficiencies, wasted resources, and increased overhead costs. Rebuilding trust is often a long and arduous process.

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Consulting Turnaround ROI Case Study 52

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

Stagnant growth in its core PC market recently led Intel to announce layoffs of roughly 12% of its workforce. The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market. That process was quickly fixed — and illuminated the pathology of valuing productivity metrics divorced from UX.

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Enterprise Metrics Retail Productivity 28