Harvard Business

JANUARY 9, 2025

In 2021, researchers at MIT and McKinsey teamed up to ask more than 100 companies how they were using AI in their operations and to learn what separated the highest-performing companies from the rest. They conducted a similar survey in 2023 to see what had changed. They found that the gap between leading companies and the rest had widened; that the payback-period for AI investments was much shorter; and that leading companies were better at identifying and implementing use cases that delivered p

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LSA Global

JANUARY 9, 2025

Mistakes When Designing Core Values Company values often adorn the walls of offices or feature prominently on corporate websites, but turning those words into meaningful team norms can be a significant challenge. Too many companies make mistakes when designing core values. These common mistakes lead to ineffective and watered down platitudes that fail to create the strategically aligned and differentiated behaviors required for values to mean something to the business and the people in the busin

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 9, 2025

Online platforms from Amazon to Goodreads to IMDb tap into the so-called wisdom of the crowd to rate products and experiences. But recent research suggests that more experienced buyers tend to select better products and therefore expect higher quality, which leads them to rate more stringently. This means that higher-quality products could paradoxically receive lower average ratings than their less-sophisticated competitors.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 9, 2025

The cleanup has not even begun because fires are still uncontained. Let’s discuss costs.

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Insurance Insurance 92

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 9, 2025

Six actions to take to sustain progress, create profitable growth opportunities, and build a more capable organization.

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Development Leadership Strategy Strategy 224

MishTalk

JANUARY 9, 2025

Our lesson of the day regards when not to expect sympathy. Our second lesson is on private firefighting services.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 9, 2025

Consumer credit unexpected declined. But what do we make of it?

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MishTalk

JANUARY 9, 2025

Much of the EU is struggling to get defense spending up to 2 percent of GDP. 5 percent of GDP has zero chance. Let’s discuss the math.

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