Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Chemicals 71

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 71

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

The level and trend of a company’s top-line metric is an advance indicator of the success of its business model. The company’s first revenues indicate the acceptance of its product or services by customers. Many of these metrics are disclosed in Facebook’s financial statements.

Financial 70

Financial Report Company Metrics 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Today’s fashion in data science favors flashy sophistication with a dash of sci-fi, making AI and machine learning the darlings of the job market. Performance means more than clearing a metric — it also means reliable, scalable, and easy-to-maintain models that perform well in production. The result?

Data 133

Data Engineering Fashion System 133

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

For example, highly complex product and service environments will require domain experts or subject matter experts. Simpler product environments will require experts in operations, logistics, and supply chain. Help your employees be more data-savvy. Find the supporting players.

Data 70

Data Methodologies Enterprise Guidelines 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

companies manage their supply chains with diligence to ensure suppliers meet their standards for quality and affordability, but the vast majority don’t behave in this fashion when purchasing health care services. Define the product specifications. Don’t pay for defective products. It is a costly mistake.

Operations 70

Operations Groups Tools Report 70

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

Employing a rigorous approach to the words and phrases at the heart of the company’s products, ABIe’s avatar-driven interface offers accurate answers to policy questions while streamlining the quote process. Enter ABIe (shorthand for the Allstate Business Insurance Expert), which my firm helped develop.

Company 70

Company Knowledge Base Insurance Insurance 70

Harvard Business

AUGUST 26, 2016

Learning to control their own emotions at the behest of the airline became such second nature to the flight attendants that they began to manage their feelings in their personal lives in a similar fashion. The company claims a 10% improvement in customer satisfaction for users of its product. Consider faces, not numbers.

Study 70

Study System Guidelines Fashion 70

LSA Global

APRIL 25, 2017

Ask if there is a way you can help set up a schedule that will ensure Chris’ work is delivered in timely fashion so that team members can finish without working overtime. Clarify the team’s goals, plan, scope, deliverables, success metrics, roles and responsibilities with Chris. Using a “positive no” between two yesses.

Management 37

Management Fashion Metrics Training 37

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

If, for instance, colleagues say you are a great people manager, seek out metrics to support that idea. Perhaps your direct reports tend to get promoted faster or your team is more productive. ” It could be a new assignment at work, upcoming travel, or a new product lineup. “Don’t toot your own horn.

How To 70

How To Case Interview Interviews Meeting 70

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In ecosystem-type games, there are often local minimums and maximums, or rules regarding how certain metrics used in the game must be greater than or less than some specific threshold. This will allow you to move through the creation of a system in a linear fashion. So a bottom-up approach works. A top-down approach also works.

McKinsey 52

McKinsey How To Data Strategy& 52

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 10, 2019

Like a consulting interview, a product manager (PM) interview consists of multiple parts, including a case study and a behavioral portion, which looks for communication, management, and prioritization skills. But what’s different is that it adds a twist by having product-related questions as well. Which product to pick?

Interviews 60

Interviews Productivity Case Interview Fashion 60