Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In the age before the digital revolution, marketers used to tell customers about a product and then work through a traditional step-by-step purchase funnel. At Microsoft, we continuously collaborate with businesses in an industry whose customers already self-identify as fans: sports. In sports, every second matters.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2016

In an era of high-stakes innovation, there is no clearer illustration of how to develop new products the right way (and the wrong way) than a tale of two car companies. How Porsche got the product right. In the late 1990s, Porsche avoided bankruptcy by making its manufacturing more efficient and its sports cars more reliable.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

School sports can have some valuable outputs: Learning teamwork A lifetime habit of fitness Giving non-academically-focused kids a chance to shine Offering leadership opportunities Valuing persistence, innovation and responsibility And yet, many schools act as if all they have is a trophy shortage. Are they there to entertain the fans?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

The idea of creating a fresh new product, the prospect of increasing market share with brand new offerings, or the vision of disrupting some slow-moving incumbent with a radical new technology – these have an inherently strong appeal for companies keen for growth. What’s more, legacy products seem to be at a natural disadvantage.

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Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

Macs keep their names with each successive upgrade, analysts noted, while iPhones sport sequential numbers and letters to indicate improvements. Like Apple, most consumer-centric companies deal with the dilemma of how to brand the next- generation of an existing product. Join the conversation. percent chose the name StreetPilot.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Conventional wisdom suggests that marketers should emphasize the novelty of new products to get people to buy them. Despite the fact that firms spend billions of dollars on developing and marketing new products, these products face persistently high failure rates — often up to 40% to 90%, depending on the product category.

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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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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2016

How can you best boost your productivity? I always assumed that if I could just reduce any stress I was facing, my productivity would rise. It’s true that stress can be a health risk , and that we’re often encouraged to avoid it if we want to live happy, productive, and long lives.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Strengths help people, teams and cultures become more self-aware and productive. Having worked with numerous high level sports’ teams I know coaches would rather have this information than not have it at all. The post Sports & StrengthsFinder – Using Strengths to Build Strong Teams appeared first on Leadership Vision Consulting.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

So it was a very significant role and we did very unique things and new to the world type products. Like I was a commissioner for a youth Lacrosse program from seven years and brought 450 families into the community of the sport that we were dealing with, and grew it from 2 teams to 24 teams. I'm a coach in and out of the business.

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Markovitz Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2020

All too often, companies that strive for first mover advantage bleed their products—or their entire organization—to death. Peter Golder and Gerard Tellis’s seminal study of 500 brands in 50 product categories reveals that almost half of market pioneers fail. Good luck finding any of those products today.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The most common pursuit was a sport or a physical activity (38% of people). Only 11% admitted to being slightly less productive at work due to their new activity, while 52% reported being more productive. I wanted to learn if they saw any impact on their overall well-being, professionally or personally.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 27, 2016

In 1968, The Ohio State Buckeyes football team started one of the most cherished traditions in American sports. Although leaders are concerned with collective success, most organizations—from sports teams to universities to global companies—still focus on rewarding individual performance.

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Martinka Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2018

Sports are exciting because of upsets. And when you find what works for you so you’re productive and happy, go for it. The post Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot appeared first on Martinka Consulting. He never seemed to get this. Which brings me to the topic of this memo. It’s hard to predict results.

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Harvard Business

JULY 4, 2017

’ One could imagine an Apple car that is a Tesla-like product—one with comparable speed, self-driving technology, aesthetics, and features–but is so seamlessly integrated with the Apple ecosystem and requires a new sized iPhone, or some kind of blend of iPhone, iPad or MacBook. To me, the minivan is the guiding light.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Leadership today is a high contact sport which leads to employee ownership, buy-in, commitment and motivation. Above all, research shows that highly engaged employees are much more productive and effective. This means 21% more profitability, and 202% overall better productivity. However, it is doable with leadership training.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 27, 2015

In the NFL, and other pro sports, the league has a salary cap that teams must adhere to. Those include: If we pay people too much based on their productivity we’ll lose money. The post Socialism May Work in Sports but Not in Business appeared first on Martinka Consulting. It’s to promote parity and it’s worked. 600 or higher.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2017

Automated programs can recognize products, people, logos, and more. For example, advanced image recognition can be used to track the position of brand logos that appear in video footage of a sporting event, such as a basketball game. Measuring brand exposure. Retail shelf analysis.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 24, 2021

McKinsey’s public sector work or BCG’s consumer product work) or expose you to boutiques whose functional or sector focus matches your interests. Coffee chats allow you to get a feel for the different cultures that exist across firms, as a lot of times it’s a product of its people. Image: Pexels.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Lazy Project Manager: How to Be Twice as Productive and Still Leave the Office Early by Peter Taylor The Lazy Project Manager is based on the idea that lazy people always try to find easier ways to do what they have to. So, focusing on 20% of the most important work will result in 80% outcomes.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 29, 2020

For a simple comparison, consider this sports team analogy. In team sports, measuring vital, non-point metrics and de-emphasizing individual metrics is not a new concept. As an example, we recently worked with a healthcare company that contains product/service lines of business (LOB’s).

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

So it was a very significant role and we did very unique things and new to the world type products. Like I was a commissioner for a youth Lacrosse program from seven years and brought 450 families into the community of the sport that we were dealing with, and grew it from 2 teams to 24 teams. I'm a coach in and out of the business.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 28, 2023

“Product” Launch to Improve Program Numbers Challenge : Regional non-profit in youth sports had been dealing with a 7-year decline in the number of children served in its various programs that were added to by the COVID-19 lockdowns and changes in behavior.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 15, 2019

So, I’ve worked in sports my entire career. Betsy Jordyn : So, you keep talking about sports. So, I would make the assumption if I was listening in that you’re a consultant to sports related organizations. So, this can be sports, hospitals, you know, it can be any different industry. Jahaan Blake : Sure.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2017

Ask any sports fan about their favorite team and they will usually spend half the time either cursing or extolling the manager. The plants that have adopted these monitoring and incentives-based management practices were far more productive, innovative, and profitable. Nicholas Blechman for HBR.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 15, 2017

Each presents distinct opportunities for profit and competitive advantage, from product improvements to new revenue streams to possible industry game changers. Innovate products, services, and processes. Use data to uncover hidden insights, and use those insights to create or improve products, services, and processes.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2018

” Indeed, not just in business but also in politics, sports, and the arts, there is no shortage of real-world examples of successful partnerships that were fueled as much by the alignment of ideas as by creative tension or discord. William Wrigley Jr., You and Your Team Series. Give the team a chance to settle.

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

The women led companies in various industries including financial services, consumer products, and healthcare. As Tara (Executive Vice President, consumer products) told us, “You stand out more. The Black female leaders we interviewed were all within four levels of the CEO (e.g., You are the only one in the room.”

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

For example, what are elite sports? What are working-class sports? Elite-class candidate resumes listed “traditionally upper-class hobbies and sports,” such as sailing, polo, and classical music. Sports isn’t the only culture difference that class is expressed through. Polo, tennis, windsurfing, squash.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

Consider that Amazon also offers free same-day delivery by 9 PM on more than 1 million items in select areas and free two-hour delivery on some products in select metro areas through its Prime Now option. Amazon will likely continue adding Prime benefits to the mix, potentially including the holy grail of entertainment: live sports.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Add in speeches, training programs, TV programs, online-products, coaches, yoga, and the like, self-help is a $10 billion industry per year , and that’s just in the U.S. These assertions are based on a diverse set of fields, including psychology, sports, arts, and leadership. It accounts for about 2.5% You and Your Team Series.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Lee has served as Chairman of the Board of Heart of Florida United Way, the Board of Trustees for The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the board of the Production and Operations Management Society and the board of Reptilia a Canadian attractions and entertainment company.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

These ideas are the seeds of innovation : the intellectual foundation for any new products and services that enable some organizations to gain a competitive advantage over others. There is therefore a higher cost and productivity loss when your disengaged employees are creative; but the benefits of engaging them are also higher.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

Linens ‘n Things went bankrupt, as did Circuit City, Sports Authority, and Borders. PwC has observed that niche products, experiences, and services uniquely suited to individual tastes, interests, and aspirations have become “the new consumer indulgence.” Customers no longer want anything that is mass-marketed.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The most common ways of doing this are to send executives to build personal relationships with international business partners and to hire local distribution partners — or independent, third-party intermediaries — to represent their products or services overseas.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

A study of UK commuters found a similar result when those who were prompted to use their commute to think about and plan for their day were happier, more productive, and less burned out than people who didn’t. So, if reflection is so helpful, why don’t many leaders do it? Leaders often: Don’t understand the process.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 10, 2014

If we want customers and prospects to feel something for our products other than boredom and disaffection, we cannot aim our content solely at their “logic” brains. Stories that illustrate how your products and services have made a difference for customers are a huge sales advantage. Think of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Outward Focus.

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