Tom Spencer

MAY 17, 2020

This is a new experience for many of us, and poses new challenges and distractions that can make it difficult to stay focused and productive. I’ve been getting asked a lot lately about productivity, and so I thought I should dedicate an article to it. Delete Social Media Phone Apps: You don’t need to be in-the-know 24/7.

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Comatch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This is because hobbies can impact both internal drivers of efficiency, like multi-tasking, and external factors, such as networking and information collection. . 3 Reasons Hobbies Drive Productivity. Independent consultants are multi-role players, having to master every aspect of their consulting product. Stay Focused.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2018

The idea that this software will genuinely save us time and increase our productivity is not yet taken seriously by business people or the general public. Though different manufacturers describe their products differently, there’s a substantial commonality: Change settings: “Turn on airplane mode,” or “Find my phone.”

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Chad Barr

MARCH 12, 2025

Creating, refining, and collaborating on content efficiently is crucial for business success. Leveraging ChatGPT Canvas can significantly boost your productivity and content quality. Saving Time & Enhancing Productivity For professionals who create content regularly, efficiency is key. A stronger opening paragraph?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 31, 2023

Whether you’re a busy professional, a student, or an entrepreneur, time management is a crucial skill for anyone looking to increase their productivity. Frederick Taylor: Chunk similar tasks together Another key strategy for effective time management is to bundle similar tasks together so that you can tackle them more efficiently.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The family-owned business runs Puerto Rico’s largest media company&#8212 (GFR Media) as well as other companies focused on customer engagement (LinkActive) and real estate (Kingbird). When it came to the business, we had gone back 20 years and distributed the paper as a print product. Were those related to the losses?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

When customers need help, they expect companies to offer it quickly and through multiple social media channels — but most companies aren’t set up to do that. But marketing managers simply are not trained to deal with questions or complaints about service, product performance, or other nonmarketing requests.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 5, 2025

For consultants, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and corporate advisors, staying ahead requires leveraging cutting-edge tools that maximize efficiency and impact. Automation & Efficiency: Automate repetitive tasks, from social media scheduling to personalized client engagement, reducing workload while maintaining quality.

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

B2B Business (Consulting or Coaching) - Offer your advice and partnership sought out and paid for by a leader tasked with improving an organization's results – company profit, customer satisfaction, process efficiency, employee effectiveness, leadership excellence, work environment, and culture.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 8, 2025

Manufacturing: Optimizing production processes far beyond human capability. Create social media posts, edit videos, or even generate ideas for content that aligns with current trends and audience preferences. For example: Are you ready to integrate AI agents into your operations to cut costs and boost productivity and revenues?

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Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

Although machine-reengineering is new, companies are already seeing striking results with it, particularly in boosts to speed and efficiency. The technology can pick out kinds of people — mountain climbers, for instance — to help advertisers more efficiently match ads to the videos. Interpreting images.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

For example, online retailers can adjust product prices daily because they have automated the collection of competitors’ prices. Armed with this information, managers can then allocate products better, and, see why choices are made. Structured data analytics. Trying out AI.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

Justice Department’s view of a static media landscape is dead and buried. ” The judge was faced from the outset with a stark choice: Was the relevant media market the traditional one, with a handful of pay TV providers offering largely similar channel bundles to disconnected viewers? .

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

T he media continuously reports that AI is going to steal our jobs , and the U.S. Data will increasingly drive a real-time economy, where resources are marshaled more efficiently, and the production of goods and services becomes on-demand, with lower failure rates and much better predictability.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

For one thing, in an era when trust in traditional sources has eroded — in government, media, and in companies and the marketing they employ — word-of-mouth from trusted peers wields greater clout than ever. It is highly efficient at capturing, storing, and releasing energy. It was the right thing to do. IT investment.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s hard to know if we’re really making efficient use of our time. In particular, there were four that made me rethink a lot of the conventional wisdom on productivity and time management. But I’d at least like to be deliberate in how I choose to slack off, and social media wouldn’t be my top choice.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 29, 2025

“Provide coaching questions to help a client struggling with [specific challenge] related to [leadership, business growth, mindset, productivity, etc.].” “Suggest 10 creative marketing strategies to increase engagement and leads for [business or product]. .” Include potential pitfalls to avoid.”

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Clarity Consultants

AUGUST 24, 2023

From offering an enhanced learning experience to your clients to increasing your firm’s productivity and efficiency, these are a few reasons why you should keep up with the advancing technology within instructional design. They’ve quickly grown accustomed to immersive digital experiences–take a look at social media, for example.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Like digital platforms, social media, martech, fintech, and numerous other innovations, the spoils of blockchain may go to early adopters who commit to ruthless innovation. However, there are many reasons to invest the time now to understand the technology and begin exploring specific marketing applications for your industry. Related Video.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This includes investing in more efficient lighting and HVAC systems; using new software and AI to make buildings and operations more efficient; improving fleet logistics and introducing greener vehicles; and reducing packaging and product weight. ” but through a lens that recognizes an urgent global climate crisis.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

On the one hand, local brand managers typically argue that consumer habits in their market are different, their consumers’ purchase behavior is different, preferences and tastes are different, the media and the retail trade are different, and, therefore, their customers require unique, tailored, and delicate handling.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 23, 2018

In particular, the vast streams of data generated through social media platforms, when analyzed responsibly, can offer insights into societal patterns and behaviors. Our research, applied to social media data and viewed more generally , indicates five public-value propositions. How the Exchange of Data Can Help Solve Public Problems.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 22, 2025

Saves You Time and Boosts Productivity Here’s an example: you come across a 90-minute webinar about “Fasting and Longevity.” The Future of Learning and Efficiency Glasp.co Ready to supercharge your productivity? Simplify Complex Topics: From thought leadership videos to expert panels, Glasp.co

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 7, 2023

AI-powered tools, such as natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML), are able to generate valuable insights from unstructured data, such as customer reviews and social media posts. These insights can be used to develop a range of growth strategies, such as targeting new customer segments or developing new products.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

In fact, although we saw examples of companies using AI in computer-to-computer transactions such as in recommendation engines that suggest what a customer should buy next or when conducting online securities trading and media buying, we saw that IT was one of the largest adopters of AI. What about the automation of the production line?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After one extended trip abroad during which he avoided email, he wrote that he had missed a large number of critical messages, including a fulfillment center crisis that caused him to lose more than 20% of monthly orders for his business, media interview opportunities that had expired, and more than a dozen partnership offers.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

And the ways that you can deliver that value framed up in compelling products and services. Every business today has a website and a credible social media presence. They will check out your website and social media platform, and if it doesn't exist or is ho-hum, you know what that potential will do. Do you have a system (vs.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 18, 2018

.” And for those in manufacturing or production companies, the future may arrive even sooner. ” Machine learning algorithms are also predicted to replace people responsible for “optical part sorting, automated quality control, failure detection, and improved productivity and efficiency.” Insight Center.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2013

THE Ansoff Matrix (referred to by some commentators as the Product/Market Expansion Grid) was developed by a Russian-American mathematician named Igor Ansoff , and first explained in his 1957 Harvard Business Review article entitled Strategies for Diversification. What is a Product-Market Growth Strategy? Background.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

You may have had stellar experience in marketing, for instance, but if you left your job in 2006, you’ve missed the entirety of the social media era, and an employer might be justified in wondering if you’ve kept up. Go out of your way to prove them wrong. Research by the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2020

It’s a great challenge to accurately measure the effects of advertising, packaging, distribution channels, media expenditures, social media Likes and Tweets, and sales organizational structure on brand share or sales revenue. Products should be tested and optimized. By different media? Reading Time: 4 minutes.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2016

Even the media seems to want to “prove” that women are better multitaskers. We are less efficient, less effective, and more likely to make mistakes when we multitask. Resist the urge do anything other than the scheduled task by reminding yourself that multitasking can reduce productivity by up to 40%.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2023

In manufacturing, AI can be used to optimise supply chains, increase the efficiency of production processes, and predict equipment failures. Automation One of the key benefits of AI is that it can help consultants to work more efficiently, by providing faster and more accurate analysis.

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Consulting Ethics Healthcare Retail 89

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Organizations have always collected data on customers, suppliers, products, and services. Within data privacy limitations, an institution can comb the Web, social media, apps, and other online and offline data sources for information—such as who is browsing for a home or car. Credit Suisse Group and Walmart Stores, Inc.,

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2018

After a few years, some of these projects work out and are on their way to production. Typically, these projects will be some kind of automation for cost savings, or applying machine learning to an existing process to improve its efficiency or performance.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2018

We take out our phones to take pictures in the middle of festive family meals, and send text messages or update our social media profiles in the middle of a date or while watching a movie. Evidently, smartphones increase our efficiency, allowing us to save time and money, connect with others, become more productive, and remain entertained.

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