How One Airline Is Using AR to Improve Operations
Harvard Business
APRIL 5, 2022
Lessons in enterprise AR’s potential from China Southern Airlines.
The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing
Tom Spencer
MARCH 8, 2024
One of the most common problems business leaders face is how to price a product. From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy.
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Moving Beyond Stage-Gate Project Management
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 24, 2023
This article describes how German automaker BMW and European airline Air France have developed new approaches to managing large projects aimed at creating fundamentally new products, ideas or that profoundly alter human behaviors.
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Crazy Airline Gobbledegook Nonsense
The Crazy Lives of Consultants
OCTOBER 21, 2013
The airline business is like nothing on earth, and airline people are some of the most common interactions we consultants have. Aircraft - This is one of the most common words to escape from the lips of airline people. But no one outside the airline industry says aircraft. Airline personnel have mastered passive voice!
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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product
Harvard Business
MAY 19, 2016
To them, the unit of differentiation is an individual product, service or brand. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. This is a change from the differentiation strategies of the past.
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Warren Buffett Is Betting the Airline Oligopoly Is Here to Stay
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Warren Buffett got burned with an airline investment in the 1990s. airlines, taking a 4.16% stake in American Airlines, smaller stakes in United and Delta, and an undisclosed stake in Southwest Airlines. airlines had one thing in common: their largest investors. billion in the four largest U.S.
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Airlines’ New Basic Economy Fares Show the Power of No-Frills Pricing
Harvard Business
MARCH 3, 2017
American Airlines and United Airlines recently joined Delta in offering passengers a lower-priced option to fly: basic economy. At first blush, it’s difficult to see how a further degradation of airline service can enhance profits and attract customers. Want to save a couple of bucks on your next flight?
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Achieving Startup Success via Product-Market Fit
Tom Spencer
JULY 14, 2023
While this idea is appealing and no doubt has some truth to it, it has led many entrepreneurs to develop, fund, and launch products that ultimately fail. Why waste years scaling up a product that from the outset never performed the job that customers needed doing? It has come to be known as product-market fit.
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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line
MishTalk
JANUARY 23, 2014
In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. Venezuelan bonds plunged to the lowest in more than two years after the government announced the latest partial devaluation of the bolivar, this time for airlines and foreign direct investment.
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Consultant Ninja: The Etymology of Consulting: Management.
Consultant Ninja
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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Consultant Ninja: How Consultants Manage Frequent Flyer Miles.
Consultant Ninja
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
Labels: Consulting , Productivity , Visualization. They don't seem to have a miles program of their own, but you can accrue airline miles. They don't seem to have a miles program of their own, but you can accrue airline miles.Good Article. Productivity. (6). Check it out. Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 9:15 PM.
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To Change Your Strategy, First Change How You Think
Harvard Business
MAY 17, 2017
The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.
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Consultant Ninja: Thee Sunbeam method of Government Stimulus.
Consultant Ninja
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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Consultant Ninja: Booz & Company consultant-ese: Management.
Consultant Ninja
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
All too often we receive renumeration from world renowned enterprises for our broad reaching exotic linguistic constructions, creating internal incentives for the production of voluminous manuals and reports. :-) You must have Black Belt Sensei training! Productivity. (6). Looking forward to reading your other posts. Post a Comment.
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Consultant Ninja: There goes BearingPoint: Management.
Consultant Ninja
NOVEMBER 18, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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Consultant Ninja: New Word: Drecession: Management Consulting.
Consultant Ninja
FEBRUARY 1, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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Consultant Ninja: Yes, this blog shall continue: Management.
Consultant Ninja
JULY 22, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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Manufacturing Companies Need to Sell Outcomes, Not Products
Harvard Business
JUNE 2, 2016
Suppose you owned an airline and ordered an engine from Rolls-Royce or GE. A piece of machinery to meet a product need? Product development teams will need to focus on delivering products as a service to enable real-time service level monitoring. Product performance data helps inform future improvements.
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Consultant Ninja: Stupid XP Fix (aka wasting time until Holiday Time.
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 23, 2008
Theres no value in pointing out the idiocy of a super-advanced productivity-increasing operating system that forces the user to wait 5 seconds to delete a file. Labels: Productivity. Productivity. (6). Oh yeah, fixes to Windows XP. My computer hangs for 5 seconds every time I right click on a file to delete it. Xperience XP.
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100 Sometimes “Small Data” Is Enough to Create Smart Products
Harvard Business
JULY 19, 2017
Another interesting example of small, high precision data being used to make big gains with AI can be found in the airline industry. In 2015, Boeing launched the Aerospace Data Analytics Lab in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop AI technology for airlines. How can you put these ideas to work for your company?
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71 Consultant Ninja: The Beach time is the Right Time.: Management.
Consultant Ninja
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
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Consultant Ninja: My current project: Management Consulting Blog
Consultant Ninja
JANUARY 26, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
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Consultant Ninja: Engineers as Rock Stars: Management Consulting.
Consultant Ninja
AUGUST 12, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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Consultant Ninja: Future Demand Borrowing, Revisited.
Consultant Ninja
JANUARY 25, 2010
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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100 Mergers & Acquisitions: Strategy
Tom Spencer
JULY 28, 2013
MERGERS have had a ubiquitous presence in the news recently as leaders in the airline , publishing , and telecommunications industries have taken steps to consolidate. Just this week, two of the largest advertising entities, Omnicom and Publicis, announced a $35.1 billion merger.
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98 Consultant Ninja: Consulting Vignettes: Management Consulting Blog
Consultant Ninja
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
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Consultant Ninja: Excel shortcut of the day - Pivot Tables.
Consultant Ninja
MARCH 10, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
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Consultant Ninja: A Veritable Gold Mine. Gold I tell you.
Consultant Ninja
JULY 23, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
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Consultant Ninja: Gotta Keep Dry During Typhoon Morakot.
Consultant Ninja
AUGUST 13, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
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Consultant Ninja: "It Flies": Management Consulting Blog
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 15, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 Consultant Ninja: Future Demand Borrowing, Revisited and.
Consultant Ninja
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 
Consultant Ninja: Who's to blame for the mortgage crisis (part 3.
Consultant Ninja
OCTOBER 7, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 Consultant Ninja: A Warning Sign for my Consulting Career.
Consultant Ninja
OCTOBER 21, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 Consultant Ninja: Living Dangerously, Consulting Style.
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 18, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
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Consultant Ninja: Dilbert Slays, one day at a time: Management.
Consultant Ninja
MAY 20, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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100 Consultant Ninja: Who is to blame for the mortgage crisis? (part 2.
Consultant Ninja
OCTOBER 3, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 
Consultant Ninja: Only in New York.: Management Consulting Blog
Consultant Ninja
OCTOBER 31, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 Consultant Ninja: Who Knew SEC accepted Decks for filings.
Consultant Ninja
NOVEMBER 6, 2008
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 Consultant Ninja: What not to put on a consulting resume (part 4 of a.
Consultant Ninja
JANUARY 30, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
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100 Consultant Ninja: If I hear the word "thought leader" one more time.
Consultant Ninja
APRIL 24, 2009
2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization.
Oliver Wyman 100
100 The Right Kind of Conflict Leads to Better Products
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 23, 2016
When partners in an alliance come into conflict, it can be just what is needed to produce a technically and commercially successful product. ” This idea that disagreement and conflict between groups can be productive is not new. Similar failures among cockpit crews can lead to airline crashes. The results were fascinating.
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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.
Consultant Ninja
MARCH 4, 2009
billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. I basically agree with Chris -- a loss on hedges when prices come out below expectations is exactly what a successful hedging strategy should give an airline, to be made up by increased margins from the lower fuel prices. Productivity. (6).
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100 Why Platform Disruption Is So Much Bigger than Product Disruption
Harvard Business
APRIL 8, 2016
How does disruptive innovation differ when it’s applied to a product versus a platform? For the sake of clarity, let’s call a product “a platform that is used for one or very few products” and a platform “a structure upon which many variations of products are built.”
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70 Consultant Ninja: America's "Lost Decade" of Housing: Management.
Consultant Ninja
JULY 26, 2011
I guess, before companies start hiring again, business and corporations increasing production, it is unlikely that individuals start purchasing houses. Productivity. (6). I wonder if this is a good buying opportunity or the market will stay flat for some time ahead. of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40).
Oliver Wyman 100
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