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How People Analytics Can Help You Change Process, Culture, and Strategy

Harvard Business

And so a transformation is a system of systems, all made up of the most complex system of all — people. The people analytics team was surprised — as was finance team in that country, which had no reason to benchmark themselves against other countries and had no idea that they were such a bright spot.

Culture 138
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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

To set an aspirational but realistic target, we created a benchmark that combines the best attributes of these advanced digital nations. Second, with the benchmark as a composite, no single nation achieves it and yet each of the five countries’ progress toward the ideal can be assessed in terms of performance against the benchmark.

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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

MishTalk

Next year will be a very important year for China because possible strains in the banking system and the intensity with which the reformers present their case will give us a better sense both of how much debt capacity the country retains and of how well positioned Xi Jinping and his allies are to implement the needed reforms.

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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ?Triple Bottom Line.? Here?s Why It?s Time to Rethink It.

Harvard Business

Yet poor management systems can jeopardize lives in the air, at sea, on roads or in hospitals. Changing the System. Worse, we have conspicuously failed to benchmark progress across these options, on the basis of their real-world impact and performance. It was never supposed to be just an accounting system.

System 132
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Chinese Banks Hemorrhaging Deposits, 1st Quarterly Drop Since 1999; Banks Offer iPhones, Even Cars for Large Deposits

MishTalk

Cash rebates, trips abroad, interest rates at the highest premium ever over the official benchmark rate, even free vegetables are among other goodies banks are dangling to get Chinese savers to deposit their yuan in savings accounts. Loan Financing Scheme Will Implode Think Chinese banks can lend money at rates that exceed 7 percent safely?

Banking 73
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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

Albert is the co-founder of Epicflow, an AI-driven multi-project management system. Beyond just time, buffers can cover finances, manpower, and more. The Essential Role of a Unified Priority System Navigating the complexities of multiple projects demands a unified priority system.

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Project Management Maturity Models: A Basis for Reaching Your Organization’s Business Success

Epicflow

Project management processes and standards are integrated with other organization’s processes and systems. The Portfolio, Program and Project Management Maturity Model provides organizations with a framework to assess and benchmark the state of their performance as well as helps them develop improvement plans.