Remove 2015 Remove Metrics Remove Productivity
article thumbnail

To Better Train Workers, Figure Out Where They Struggle

Harvard Business

This is a particularly acute issue at the entry level, where employers have come to accept that high levels of attrition and low levels of productivity and quality are normal. Launched in 2015, Generation works in five countries (India, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, and the United States).

Training 134
article thumbnail

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

Harvard Business

Fortune counted more than 170 of the mythical creatures , with an average of one unicorn born every week during 2015. Self-cannibalization occurs when a company chooses to proactively replace one product or process with another that is potentially worth less. Back in 2009, there were just four companies that fit the bill.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. Located on the east side of the NoMa train tracks, Union Market began as a working food production and distribution center in the 1930s. This needs to change.

article thumbnail

Marketers Need to Stop Focusing on Loyalty and Start Thinking About Relevance

Harvard Business

But his framework also offers a model for rethinking the traditional four P’s of marketing: product , price , place , and promotion. Pride: Customers feel proud and inspired to use the company’s products and services. Consumers typically associate big food companies with mass-production methods and plastic packaging.

Marketing 136
article thumbnail

Why There’s No Such Thing as a Corporate Entrepreneur

Harvard Business

Real entrepreneurs constantly worry about things that could prove fatal to their company: cash crunches, technical problems with the product, the emergence of a well-funded rival. In March 2015, Target hired three outsiders as “entrepreneurs-in-residence.” Fear of failure. Finding new ways to fuel growth is essential.

article thumbnail

4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. ” Many CEOs in our interviews emphasized the importance of choosing the right metrics to support both/and decision making.

Metrics 116
article thumbnail

The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2016

Harvard Business

As the newly released 2016 Empathy Index demonstrates, empathy, which is about understanding our emotional impact on others and making change as a result, is more important to a successful business than it has ever been, correlating to growth, productivity, and earnings per employee. This year we added a carbon metric.

Company 70