Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2014

Morieux gives an example of a car manufacturer that threatened to move its production engineers to the after-sales warranty department after a car went into production. The car manufacturer tried to do this by moving its production engineers to the warranty department. Extend the shadow of the future.

Productivity 98

Productivity Engineering Efficiency Agile 98

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

In its 2014 survey on workplace flexibility, the Society for Human Resource Management found that one-third of companies participating in the survey saw a decrease in absenteeism after they implemented flex-time policies. You and Your Team Series. Turning Stress into an Asset. Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure.

Productivity 132

Productivity Survey Financial Exercises 132

Markovitz Consulting

JUNE 26, 2017

Yes, the system is pricey, but think of the productivity improvement! One day, they realized that they had 18 months of inventory on-hand for a few products, and it was tying up badly needed working capital. Technology might actually exacerbate problems if you don’t address bad policies and behaviors first. Except, maybe not.

Software 178

Software System Sales Operations 178

Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 25, 2014

Although still early, behavioral insights and the application of behavioral economics principles have been going global in the public policy space. One the other hand, possibilities for competitive differentiation and new products seem limitless.

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Kraft Kennedy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Why Law Firms Need IT Policies Is it okay to store your password on a post it note on your computer monitor in your personal office? Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product? In o rder to appreciate why law firms need IT policies, i t’s important to first identify their purpose.

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Policies Intellectual Property Ethics Information Technology 59

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Businesses invest a great deal of time and money in interventions that claim to increase workers’ productivity through on-the-job training, new protocols, advice from consultants, and so on. Recent research suggests that there’s a surprising input into productivity that no one ever thinks about: clean air.

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Productivity Travel Policies Research 70

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. Lobby for aggressive pro-climate policies at all levels of government.

Energy 132

Energy Government Efficiency Transportation 132

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

But my coauthors, Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Uta Schönberg, and I show the role of policy is not the main reason. New management approaches and measures added more efficiency and a results orientation. In addition, productivity increases in the sector outpaced wage increases.

Marketing 138

Marketing Policies Government Research 138

Kraft Kennedy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Purview Sensitivity Labels Purview Data Loss Prevention Policy SharePoint Advanced Management Restricted Content Discovery ($) Purview Sensitivity Labels Law Firms have a duty to prevent Copilot from accessing the organizations work product, but the inability to unilaterally define which documents were off limits presented a compliance challenge.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

And organizations in search of efficiency, shortcuts or profits often argue for freedom as well. The freedom to organize their production and to go to market without regulation or hassle. It’s more useful and productive to do precisely the opposite. Freedom is something we desire. Our actions, though, have consequences.

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Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2016

In fact, IoT is at the peak of Gartner’s 2015 hype cycle, which suggests the next phase will be disillusionment, and it will be years before we see real productivity gains. We believe data-driven manufacturing is indeed the next wave that will drive efficient and responsive production systems.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

The relationship between technology and jobs is center stage in the policy and academic debate. On the other, the slowdown in productivity growth across advanced economies has led some economists to argue that new innovations have no impact on growth. In the United States productivity growth averaged just 0.5%

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Video Education Productivity Industry 133

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In the beginning companies sold products. A focus on products means a focus on selling running shoes. Selling products limits the revenues you can make from clients: Unless you are innovating and continually updating your product offering, customer attrition tends to be high, and incentivizing repurchases can be hard.

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Productivity Tourism Sales Fashion 71

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

Higher diversity is therefore associated with lower productivity, which inhibits the capacity of the economy to operate efficiently. At the same time, diversity in societal norms, customs, and ethics can nurture technological innovation and the diffusion of new ideas, and thus the production of a greater variety of goods and services.

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Construction Culture Policies Development 128

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2017

And when employees don’t feel trusted, workplace productivity and engagement often suffer. Employees who are less trusted by their manager exert less effort , are less productive, and are more likely to leave the organization. But many employees say they do not feel trusted by their managers. Risk-averse by design.

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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 22, 2021

Following the Second World War, Japan aligned itself closely with the United States, which entailed the policy of open gates in economic terms. The solution was the Toyota Production System (TPS), which revolutionised industrial logistics by popularizing its core functioning principle, just-in-time production.

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Harvard Business

JULY 7, 2016

The war certainly has prevented an efficient economic structure, forcing many Colombians to be inward-looking. Colombia has sound macroeconomic policies and overall positive external relations, but its productivity, especially total factor productivity (TFP), has scarcely contributed to growth.

Tourism 124

Tourism Government Finance Efficiency 124

Epicflow

AUGUST 19, 2022

In this article, we’ll provide an overview of this process, and let you know how project managers can make it more simple and efficient by utilizing a resource management solution. . Organizational process assets cover policies, templates, historical information and lessons learned. . What is Project Integration Management? .

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Flow efficiency at all levels. You do need to remove barriers to fast delivery: Fast product decisions at the start and to not change them until the teams deliver. ” Or mine, “Explore and support effective ways of managing product development.” Manage for effectiveness. Seek outcomes, not outputs.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 23, 2018

From climate change to terrorism, the difficulties confronting policy makers are unprecedented in their variety, but also in their complexity. Our existing policy tool kit seems stale and outdated. While still an emerging practice, examples of such partnerships now exist around the world, across sectors and public policy domains.

Data 118

Data Company Media Policies 118

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2017

Siri is super, Alexa is awesome, and Cortana’s quite clever, but better bots and digital assistants aren’t going to determine personal productivity’s data-driven future. Tomorrow’s most effective executives will merge and marry workplace data and analytics to digitally design more-productive versions of themselves.

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Enterprise Data Productivity Software 102

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

IT was using AI to resolve employees’ tech support problems, automate the work of putting new systems or enhancements into production, and make sure employees used technology from approved vendors. What about the automation of the production line? And it wasn’t just to detect a hacker’s moves in the data center.

Company 164

Company Survey Finance Engineering 164

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

More and more people are working remotely, and many say it improves their productivity and satisfaction — while also saving them time and money. ” But, in fact, research suggests the opposite: Working from home increases productivity, efficiency, and engagement. Stephen Smith for HBR. ” Devise a plan.

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2012

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

Analyses of recent cases of misconduct in the financial sector suggest that misconduct is not just the product of a few individuals or bad processes, but rather the result of wider organizational breakdowns , enabled by a firm’s culture. Though my experience is in the financial sector, these lessons apply to other industries as well.

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Culture Company Financial Banking 133

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Employees need to constantly write six-page memos, even for introducing small product features throughout their careers at the company. Any company can replicate Amazon’s memo-writing policy. That is how Google’s “20% time” policy is able to act as a human-powered search engine for new ideas.

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Film Study Research Engineering 132

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

And how much do entire economies suffer when governments enact discriminatory policies against certain groups? The latter type of government policy in particular is reflected in current events and global history. These results indicate that the loss of Jewish managers also led to real losses in firm efficiency and profitability.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

Performance pay isn’t just for your sales team — you can bump your marketing person’s bonus if he doubles his qualified leads, or an engineer’s salary if the product she builds goes live for customers on time. Promote balance and flexibility.

Strategy 131

Strategy Strategy& Strategy Recruitment 131

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

But, for most companies, outsize returns are likely to come from three other sources: Investing in productivity-enhancing capital. In a world of tight labor markets, where recruiting and retention are at a premium, investing to make frontline employees more productive should be a priority. Investing in true innovation.

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Cash Flow Retail Fashion Efficiency 115

Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2017

In other words, climate skeptics don’t just stymie progress on climate policy. To protect us from climate change–induced heat, we will need more-efficient air conditioning. Products aimed at climate change adaptation impact the latter variable, the individual’s survival rate.

Real Estate 110

Real Estate Research Productivity Development 110

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

MBB strategy firms and the Big 4 professional services companies all have departments specifically designated for public policy and chartable organizations, which is by no means a coincidence. Limited accountability can also be a major factor, which can result in reduced pressure on staff to conclude projects quickly and efficiently.

Government 88

Government Consulting Policies Benchmarking 88

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.

Productivity 113

Productivity Transportation Development Marketing 113

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

The White House recently formed the Office of American Innovation, which has a stated focus on “implementing policies and scaling proven private-sector models to spur job creation and innovation.” I think that they should be businesslike in the approach they take to prioritizing and bringing in efficiencies.

Government 131

Government Policies Recruitment Recruiting 131

Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Now however, controversy about the productivity challenges of leading remote work teams confront organizational assumptions about its effectiveness. The Council on Foreign Relations shares global research on how productivity increases in remote work settings. Owl Labs date says they are 47% more productive. hours a week.

Leadership 101

Leadership Training Training Productivity 101

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

And big companies tended to be more efficient than smaller firms, which meant their workers were more productive and therefore better paid. The authors cited “growing concern” among economists and policy wonks over lack of competition, which can shift “the balance of bargaining power toward employers.”

Company 131

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