Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2017

Business leaders often think of “efficiency” and “productivity” as synonyms, two sides of the same coin. When it comes to strategy, however, efficiency and productivity are very different. At first glance, the definition of productivity appears remarkably similar.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Perma-Seal, a family-owned waterproofing company operating for decades in the Chicagoland area, for instance, demonstrates its commitment to providing a positive experience for its staff. This can lead to increased productivity, innovation, and customer satisfaction. Empower employees to make decisions. link] Mueller-Hanson, R.A. &

Culture 52

Culture Training Training Development 52

Kates Kesler

JULY 2, 2015

The economic recovery of 2010-2015 has triggered a number of high-profile mergers, but even more break-ups and spin-offs among large global companies, particularly those based in the US. The “global operating model” (GOM) is the means to manage this complexity, this tension, this need for both leverage and agility.

Enterprise 50

Enterprise Operations Agile Metrics 50

BCG

MARCH 31, 2016

This is a direct consequence of the expanding role that digitization is playing in their business and operating models and the demonstrated potential for significant damage resulting from a successful cyber attack. Across industries, companies have been intesifying their focus on cybersecurity.

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2017

The corporate landscape has become increasingly unequal, with the most productive firms thriving and the least productive ones failing to keep up. And second, we are able to link it to firms’ productivity and several measures of labor market policies. The Most Productive Firms Are Pulling Ahead, Across Industries.

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BCG

OCTOBER 12, 2016

(Technology intensity is a proprietary metric that analyzes technology spending relative to a company’s and an industry’s revenues and to their operating expenses.). For example, annual productivity growth in the US from 2007 through 2015 hovered at a sluggish 1.3% average rate, half the rate from 2000 to 2007.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

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.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

And our own survey of 795 large companies (average revenue of $22 billion) in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America found average per-company spending on IoT initiatives — $86 million in 2015 — was projected to grow to $103 million by 2018. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center.

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Productivity Wireless Data Survey 28

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). References: Beswick, C.,

Culture 52

Culture Leadership Journal Study 52

Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

Working from Home Your Organisation’s most Productive, Happy and Profitable Year. Actually, both behavioral economics research and WFH practioners argue that having employees WFH can increase your team’s overall productivity, work satisfaction and therefore profit, if managed appropriately. Nathan: “Resist the urge to firefight.

Productivity 88

Productivity Data Tools Management 88

Kates Kesler

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The economic recovery of 2010-2015 has triggered a number of high-profile mergers, but even more break-ups and spin-offs among large global companies, particularly those based in the US. Studying these companies up close is productive. We discuss the five activators in our February 2016 webinar.

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. By not dancing, CEOs cost their companies billions of dollars of lost employee innovation, productivity, and customer service. to 17.9%, from 1980 to 2015. They cannot dance with employees because they think they are too busy to engage employees. Consider GM as a case study.

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Study Emotional Intelligence Leadership Finance 88

BCG

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Jim Whitehurst is the president and CEO of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open-source enterprise IT products and services. With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has a reputation for helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging of times.

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MishTalk

JULY 17, 2015

I did so on January 31, in Canada in Recession, US Will Follow in 2015. The question of whether Canada slipped into a recession in the first half of 2015 may depend on our definition of “recession.” "It's especially unhelpful when what has happened to the economy is very narrowly defined." It remains to be seen if the US follows.

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Banking Operations Real Estate Report 28

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

For example, please consider this Reuters September 2014 headline: France Breaks 2015 Deficit-Cutting Promise. The Agreement France agreed to cut its budget deficit to 3% by 2015. billion) in revenues in 2015, enabling him to cut the budget deficit next year to 4.1%. of gross domestic product this year, up from 4.1%

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Finance Government Report Meeting 60

Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Reflection facilitates learning, provides perspective on self-limiting beliefs when used purposefully, and improves productivity. Evidence suggests spending 15 minutes a day improves productivity by as much as 23% more than those without reflection time. Why Reflection Makes A Big Difference. IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc.

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Journal How To Leadership Tools 52

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

While electric vehicles are already replacing conventional automobiles, no electric aircraft is ready for large scale commercial production that can usher in a sustainable revolution in aerospace. The expectation is that SAF will become less costly over time as production processes become more efficient and technology improves.

Trends 88

Trends Engineering Travel Airlines 88

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

The firm’s main capabilities include: actuarial, business & organization transformation, digital, marketing and sales, operations & technology, risk management, and strategy & value sourcing. By far, the firm pulls in the most revenues in the region, earning $1.3B Roland Berger. The firm is wholly owned by 220 partners.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. Once the full experiment was launched in November 2015, 28 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago were randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. The results were striking. We hope not.

Retail 28

Retail Sales Productivity Research 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 10, 2020

In contrast, a digital currency can operate on a peer-to-peer network that allows a buyer to settle a transaction directly with a seller without a financial intermediary. This also includes Bitcoin (created in 2008) and Ethereum (created in 2015).

Banking 120

Banking Financial Government Retail 120

Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

This firm was birthed out of the frustration they both felt with their employer, who they believed devoted too much time to operational issues while neglecting strategic analysis. Operational Strategy. Industrial Products. However, operations projects are focused on the client’s site. Business Unit Strategy.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

Within an investment bank, the work is split into many roles including investment banking, sales and trading, equity research, risk management, operations, and technology. People in the “sales and trading” division buy and sell financial products. Sales people communicate with investors to sell financial products.

Banking 60

Banking Consulting Comparison Finance 60

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

In 2015, Boeing launched the Aerospace Data Analytics Lab in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop AI technology for airlines. With the USPS facing harsh financial challenges in recent years, the impact of this automation is immeasurable. This is essential to determine where in the organization impact is most needed.

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Data Productivity Airlines B2C 28

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Magazine – 65-75% of small companies in the US – some 10 million – likely hang up a “for sale” sign in the next 10 years (2015). Axial – 66% of businesses with employees are owned by baby boomers (2015). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? Synergistic product line firm. Their average age of retirement is 67.

Marketing 40

Marketing PricewaterhouseCoopers Cash Flow Banking 40

Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

Businesses need leaders able to take action amid economic uncertainty and operate effectively in a digital workplace with a diverse workforce. Studies reveal that a servant leadership style improves employee productivity and creativity. Productivity, wages, and intrinsic motivations. Journal of Leadership Studies , 7(3), 18-40.

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Leadership Journal Pharmaceuticals Study 66

Comatch

MAY 16, 2022

From an operational and supply chain perspective, many companies have focused on tracking their operations and assets (Scope 1) and their own purchased energy electricity, heating, cooling, etc. Moreover, this tax rate is projected to increase to 100 EUR per metric ton by 2030, with more products being continuously added to be taxed.

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Chemicals Energy Metrics Industry 52

Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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Operations Examples Insurance Insurance 28

Management Consulted

MAY 7, 2017

Vault recognized Bain as the “Best place to work in 2015” in the entire U.S. McKinsey’s Bay Area operation consists of two offices: San Francisco and Silicon Valley. 2 on Fortune Magazine’s 2015 list of the “Top 100 Consulting Companies to Work for.” The firm was ranked No.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

In these times of fiscal discontent and protests by Brussels, the expected improvement of public accounts in France in 2014 and 2015, the government had to be reassuring about the traditional collective fiscal year-end synopsis presented on Wednesday. in 2015, without increasing the tax burden, government must cut expenses by 16 billion.

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Government Survey Finance Meeting 59

BCG

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Notable successes emerged in 2015, showing that value creation is possible and signaling important opportunities for many companies in the years ahead. In 2015, unlike in other years during the industry’s sluggish recovery from the Great Recession, M&A activity was not a route to value creation.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2023

No productive conflict? In an interview, the commander said he didn't know what specific time frames looked like but could guarantee the recovery operations would not be stuck on stupid. One valuable lesson he shares for leaders to consider is a mindset that "pressure is a privilege." What is the alternative to leadership pressure?

Leadership 52

Leadership Study Research Sports 52

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

All kinds of companies had failed at operational flexibility. There were companies that had more than doubled production levels during the 10-year period, and even those that had reduced production levels by 10% or more. More products but fewer parts. Hardly a desirable position. We found three common traits.

Automotive 28

Automotive Operations Efficiency Tools 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

After one of her patients dies on the operating table, a lawyer for the patient’s family discovers that the surgeon deliberately withheld the mortality data. In 2015, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis suggested during a talk that a regulation requiring employees to wash their hands after using the bathroom was unnecessary.

Research 29

Research Productivity Policies Marketing 29

BCG

APRIL 7, 2016

Between 2010 and 2015, they collectively generated a TSR of 19% per year—more than doubling their investors’ money in four years. In addition, many management teams consolidated smaller players or acquired products to cut costs and offset revenue lost to generics. Consider the top 15 biopharma companies. per year. in value per year.

Company 40

Company Engineering Analysis Financial 40

MishTalk

JANUARY 22, 2016

But gains in financial operations? That may require people to change the batteries, but it will also eliminate gas delivery and gas production jobs. Everything Rosy but Healthcare Curiously, the following chart from the report makes everything look rosy except healthcare. I don't accept that chart, at least for the implied reasons.

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Industry Biotechnology Transportation Healthcare 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Just over one-fifth (22%) of boards operating in the IT and telecom industry sought tech expertise when filling their most recent board seat, higher than in any other industry.

Telecommunications 38

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 38

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

“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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Energy Agile Productivity Talent 53