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Tesla Shows How Traditional Business Metrics Are Outdated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 At the core of the confusion over a company like Tesla is that traditional business metrics are outdated and can create overconfidence or underestimation.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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To Change Your Strategy, First Change How You Think

Harvard Business

Therefore his mental model was not how to gain market share from other airlines, but how to create a completely new market for air travel. Like Southwest, JetBlue focuses on people over planes, with a mission to “bring humanity back to air travel.” But that was the outcome, not the strategy.

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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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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. For this reason, strategy consultants generally carry out work assigned by top managers, like CxOs, directors and senior managers.

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Meet "Ray" Your Valet Parking Robot

MishTalk

"Ray" Your Parking Robot AP Photo/dpa, Federico Gambarini US News comments on the " Uncanny Valet " Ray can carry any standard car weighing up to 3 metric tons (3.31 Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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The ROI of eLearning: Measuring the Impact of Online Training on Organizational Success

Clarity Consultants

There are no travel costs for attendance. During this stage, eLearning consultants identify critical success metrics related to workforce performance. Using a micro-learning approach is another highly effective strategy. Finally, online training is a budget-friendly approach.

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4 Steps to a Strong Conclusion in Your Case Interview (Part I)

Tom Spencer

Say we also learned throughout the case that our client has an internal metric that they use, which makes sure that they’re able to hit a $25M annual revenue run rate within three years of entering the market. Now you could do some math and figure out that that internal metric means that they would need to achieve approximate 6% market share.