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Figuring Out How IT, Analytics, and Operations Should Work Together

Harvard Business

A new set of relationships is being formed within companies around how people working in data, analytics, IT, and operations teams work together. Data and analytics represent a blurring of the traditional lines of demarcation between the scope of IT and the responsibilities of operating divisions. Data and analytics embedded in IT.

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What Sales Teams Should Do to Prepare for the Next Recession

Harvard Business

Our recent benchmarking of nearly 900 B2B companies underscores the importance of these tools. A B2B technology supplier used Microsoft Workplace Analytics and other digital tools to track the behaviors of its sales reps. Commercial operations groups tend to be early targets for cuts in a recession. Raise the game in pricing.

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The Mindset Your Company Needs to Grow Organically

Harvard Business

The problem is that many companies have the wrong “operating system” for organic growth. In our work with dozens of large companies on growth and transformation strategies, we’ve found a set of principles and practices that create an operating system for growth. That failure is not due to a lack of trying.

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

Brocade’s Net Promoter Score went from 50 (already a best in class score) to 62 (one of the highest B2B scores on record) within 18 months. Today, creative marketers need to operate more like entrepreneurs, continuously adjusting to sustain “ product/market fit.” The results? Invest in the end-to-end experience.

Marketing 135
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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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Five Ways to Position Your Business to Weather Recession

Makarios Consulting

If you are a B2B company, connecting with your customers is usually as straightforward as getting on the phone or making an in-person visit with your clients to have informal (but informative) conversations. Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. Then, give each one due consideration.

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Global Companies Need to Adopt Agile Pricing in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business

It’s also a massive operational challenge because companies are not set up to make very frequent pricing changes, whereas currencies can move hugely overnight. For instance, one of our B2B clients raised prices by 15-20% following a currency depreciation. That can lead to market share loss, as well as drops in revenue.