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HR Must Make People Analytics More User-Friendly

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture. On the “push” side, HR leaders can do a better job of presenting human capital metrics to the rest of the organization using the LAMP framework: Logic. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work. Analytics are critical to companies’ performance.

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A Study of Hospitals Found That Outsider CEOs Make Their Organizations More Productive in the Long Run

Harvard Business

Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. But in subsequent years, those hospitals started to close the efficiency gap, surpassing the performance of hospitals that hired insiders.

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Subscription Business Models Are Great for Some Businesses and Terrible for Others

Harvard Business

Identify the right metrics. In the digital membership economy, the metrics best apt to indicate success are more likely to be around member churn and engagement. Today, streaming is a more efficient way for me to access professionally created video content, and Netflix provides me with streaming. Sponsored by Accenture.

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New Supply Chain Jobs Are Emerging as AI Takes Hold

Harvard Business

According to Accenture Strategy research , 90% of executives believe this workforce will become adept at digital technologies such as augmented reality, 3D printing, and automation. Recruitment, performance metrics, and career advancement all need to be viewed through a lens of technology-driven innovation.

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Getting Value from Machine Learning Isn’t About Fancier Algorithms — It’s About Making It Easier to Use

Harvard Business

Technology service providers like Accenture work on multiple software projects. As a test case, we decided to use the ML model we built to predict the performance of software projects against a host of delivery metrics. AI as project manager. Training the model. Did we reach our target audience?

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture. The next step is obvious: Enable digital twins — or triplets, quadruplets, septuplets — to help GE’s human assets become more productive and efficient, too. These metrics should inform ongoing feedback as well as training for individuals, teams, and their algorithms. Insight Center.

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Has Google Finally Proven That Online Ads Cause Offline Purchases?

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture. That partnership allowed Facebook to track consumer store visits and some transactions, and was itself a competitive reaction to Google’s store visit metrics, which have been part of its AdWords product since 2014. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work. Data from the U.S.