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Using the Right Performance Metrics: Watch out for P&Ls

Kates Kesler

We regularly work with CEO’s that are frustrated with leader behaviors that undermine enterprise strategy. Simple financial measures, like P&Ls, are an effective way to visibly drive leader accountability, yet they frequently do not match the complexity of today’s strategies. Assume you are the coach of a basketball team.

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Socialism May Work in Sports but Not in Business

Martinka Consulting

In the NFL, and other pro sports, the league has a salary cap that teams must adhere to. Those include: If we pay people too much based on their productivity we’ll lose money. If we ignore sales and marketing strategies business will eventually disappear. Good metrics make a difference. 600 or higher.

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Tesla Shows How Traditional Business Metrics Are Outdated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. He wanted to build a sports car, then build a more affordable car with zero emissions. We don’t need to throw out all classic business metrics. Laura Schneider for HBR.

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How to Build Great Data Products

Harvard Business

Products fueled by data and machine learning can be a powerful way to solve users’ needs. Classic examples include Google search and Amazon product recommendations, both of which improve as more users engage. Data products are a team sport. Develop the data-savvy of product and business groups.

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Marketing Mix Modeling MMM (Part 1 of 3)

Tom Spencer

At the micro level, the various pieces of the marketing puzzle can be, and should be, optimized on an on-going basis: The overall positioning and strategy should be evaluated. Products should be tested and optimized. What is the optimal pricing strategy? Every ad and commercial should be tested for effectiveness.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. But exactly how do today’s companies create or update an operating model to match adaptations or wholesale changes in strategy?

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Podcast Statistics and Data [March 2023]

Buzzsprout

Spoken word audio popularity The consumption of spoken word audio (talk radio, podcasts, audiobooks, and sports) is on the rise across the board. News is the second most popular podcast genre, followed by true crime, sports, and health & fitness. of all podcast listeners and 48,789,778 podcast downloads. 17% use social media.

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