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The Goldilocks Theory of Product Success

Harvard Business

When the company started in 2005, so-called “Greek” yogurt made up only a tiny sliver of the yogurt market—less than one-quarter of one percent. If a competitor’s product offers the same features at the same price, there’s no reason to switch.

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Consultant Ninja: Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters.

Consultant Ninja

Friedman Billings Ramsey was hot back in 2005 - boutique investment bank, middle market, a cool FBR acronym. Anyways, back in 2005, Tom Peters loved FBR. Productivity. (6). Monday, March 23, 2009. Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters. I guess all glory is fleeting these days. I guess they werent so different after all.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business

Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. During much of this time, it has been shareholders, not workers, who have reaped the benefits of higher productivity.

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The Best Companies Aren’t Afraid to Replace Their Most Profitable Products

Harvard Business

Self-cannibalization occurs when a company chooses to proactively replace one product or process with another that is potentially worth less. Forward-looking incumbents recognize the need to cannibalize their own products, rather than leaving it to other startups, who are more than happy to take on the challenge.

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Servant Leaders Achieve Extraordinary Results

Rick Conlow

Adam Grant, management researcher and professor at the Wharton School of Business, shows in his book Give and Take that servant leaders are more productive and more highly regarded by employees. Most importantly, Sipe & Frick study (authors of the 7 Pillars of Servant Leadership ), found these results over a ten-year period (1995-2005).

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Augmented Reality Is Already Improving Worker Performance

Harvard Business

On the other, the slowdown in productivity growth across advanced economies has led some economists to argue that new innovations have no impact on growth. These technologies increase productivity by making workers more skilled and efficient, and thus have the potential to yield both more economic growth and better jobs.

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Is Consulting More Than Giving Advice?

Tom Spencer

Instead, the goals at the top of the hierarchy tend to be addressed as a by-product of fulfilling purposes 1 through 5, but they are not necessarily dependant on these first five goals being achieved for them to be implemented (Management Consulting, 2020). Whereas, purposes 6 through 8 are less likely to be requested by clients.