CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. My career from that point has almost always been in leadership roles within the retail, hospitality, finance and contact centre industries in Australia and overseas. Ultimately, CoachStation focuses on the people side of business. When did CoachStation start?

Self-aware 146

Self-aware Ethics Tools Finance 146

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2014

In so many organizations, finance, economics and the pursuit of individual prosperity continue to be the only subjects worthy of respect and concentration. Through technology, the World has become more accessible to more people. Do I mean that we must abandon our focus on finance and economics and Individual prosperity?

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Diversity Definition Finance System 69

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Seed-stage financing for technology start-ups fell from 16% of total annual private equity investment in 1995 to just 1% in 2002 and recovered to only 4% in 2011, according to data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Existing investors and new investors contributed another $1 million.

Finance 11

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

However, since the new tax changes are only in effect from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012, we may face another estate tax controversy down the road. So at least in the short term, we have a solution to the estate tax dilemma.

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Rapid BI

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Moving from a world in the 1960s and beyond to present day, we need to change our thinking from an individual basis to a community – or tribal approach So interestingly in a modern technological society, maybe we need to start to learn from our cave dwelling forefathers. Worth a Read? About the author.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Since the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers, professors, politicians, and others have expressed concern over America’s best and brightest minds electing to work in finance instead of pursuing potentially more socially valuable careers in science, medicine, and engineering. of MIT graduates taking jobs in finance after graduation.

Engineering 8

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. ” Beyond the skills required to perform specific jobs, technology will also determine which jobs matter most in the years to come. Most companies have been slow to react.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

While much of Washington grapples with a handful of newly-minted Supreme Court decisions focused on social and campaign finance reform, three largely overlooked court decisions signal a much larger tidal wave of change ahead for the tech community. The turning point for tech began in 2012 with United States v. Roberts Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

They might make a targeted acquisition here or there, form an alliance now and again, or license in some specialized technology, but by and large they made their own drugs, supporting big, fully staffed research labs, which they would then market themselves. Historically, big pharma firms made their own drugs.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

For a brief period, as they were being built into the infrastructure of commerce, all these technologies opened opportunities for forward-looking companies to gain real advantages. Nor do they understand the CIO''s role or, typically, the technologies that the company deploys. million passwords), LinkedIn (6.5 million records).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

According to Pew Internet , 55 percent of Americans said they''d used a mobile device to access the internet in 2012. As Pew Internet reports : Young adults: 50 percent of teen smartphone owners, aged 12-17, say they use the internet mostly on their cell phone, according to a 2013 Pew Internet report on Teens and Technology.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Foreign Policy reports in this intriguing list of the 10 most overlooked stories of 2012. All of which points to a 2013 that looks nothing like 2012. FINANCING THAT VACATION HOME IN VANUATU. How Google Plans to Find the UnGoogleable (Technology Review). Brazil became a net importer of people. Nothing could be easier.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste. For example, the finance department approves what to buy, facilities maintains equipment, HR tells employees how to conserve energy, and marketing manages the company’s corporate sustainability reporting.

Company 8

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. Top-tier thinkers from data science, business, finance, and the digital world are coming together to find new solutions. billion in 2013, up 39% from 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics. In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

The marketing and sales team of one major technology vendor, for instance, partnered with risk to assemble a range of financing packages to help its mid-market clients fund upgrades, manage invoice payments, and smooth cash flows. With its 2012 London Olympics sponsorship it resolved to optimize its ads in real time.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

But recent technological advances and new business models are now allowing nimble players to compete and provide consumers with cost-saving alternatives. In the case of distributed energy, various financing options let consumers save in a number of ways. from 2012 through 2014. This story of disruption should feel familiar.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

This same principle applies more broadly to clean technology; to compete, it must outperform incumbent technologies on these dimensions. It would only undermine the long-term goal of creating an innovative, sustainable, and competitive clean energy and technology marketplace if the U.S. But those days are coming to an end.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

On May 24, 2012, Goldman Sachs did something it had never done in its venerable 143-year history. For highly regulated sectors like finance, social media can be a legal minefield. without any compliance process or technology in place.". Adopting technology that keeps pace with regulatory requirements is equally important.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

It is no coincidence that this upheaval in the Chinese solar industry is occurring at a time when the central government''s subsidies that had financed the industry''s explosive expansion have declined even as problems in the global solar-panel market have soared. In 2012, China''s top six solar companies had debt ratios of over 80%.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. hospitals from treating Medicare patients escalated sharply in 2012, when Congress included Medicare in its budget sequester, and they have remained high since. Tighten the purchase and use of medical technology. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

And 32 percent of employers reported they would be willing to pay to relocate new employees in 2012. Workers in engineering, IT, business development, sales, finance, marketing, and legal services are most likely to receive compensation for moving. But if employers are willing to make (even pay for) distant hires, who are they hiring?

Health Care 15

Health Care Engineering Skills Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

More people have mobile money accounts than bank accounts in at least nine African countries, up from four in 2012. And cellular technology is leading the way. Finance Global business Technology' And the continent as a whole leads the world in the adoption of financial services on the mobile platform.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

If you''re a technological latecomer, you can grow fast by importing foreign technology, but once you''ve succeeded in that you have to start investing in and developing your own, which is a harder task. China Economy Finance' Remember, these difficulties are the fruits of success.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

We will also convene a forum for CEOs and accountants to discuss and develop large-scale solutions for finance and reporting and are exploring the possibility of developing a world-class training program for CFOs on sustainability. Using Technology and Data for Social Impact. And it's the accountants who will lead the way.

Social Capital 13

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. According to the 2012 IDC/EMC report on the digital universe (PDF) , it''s doubling every two years. Because no one is managing the store. How did we get here?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It teaches young people the dress, demeanor, and collaboration skills expected in a professional setting as well as the technical skills for careers in IT, operations, finance, sales and marketing, or customer service.

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

While today’s basic technology is not necessarily revolutionary, the algorithms it uses and the results they can produce are. They can help ensure that industry participants, regulators, technology innovators, and customers are being kept safe, without trampling on people’s privacy and human rights.

Banking 8

Banking Strategic Fit Risk Management Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Could technology help? We used a machine learning method called gradient boosting , and then evaluated the results using a separate test dataset of directors who joined firms between 2012 to 2014 who the algorithm did not observe during this “training period.” Nonetheless, boards remain highly imperfect.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. For example, in 2012, Intel, TSMC, and Samsung — three large semiconductor manufacturers based in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. The shift in patenting policy was not to protect innovations, but rather to license them and/or to use them as chips to gain access to other firms’ technology.

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Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game. The result : by late March 2012, Draw Something had 15 million daily players and was the Apple AppStore's #1 word game in 84 countries. The Invisible Children, Inc. Emergent, yes.

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Team Self-aware Media Download 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

CEO Ginni Rometty took the top job in 2012, and identified Africa as a locus of technological growth early in her tenure. It was co-hosted by the Minister of Technology and included ministers from the cabinet charged with meeting the Grand Challenges IBM identified. IBM is doing something similar in data analytics. It’s neither.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Back when economists and finance scholars believed that stock market prices were a near-perfect representation of the current value and future prospects of corporations, it seemed conceivable that following the movements of the market would steer executives right. Today some business gurus have a similar message.

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Consultative Porter Management Press Release 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A new product or technology sells better to all stakeholders if people can be persuaded that it will disrupt the status quo. billion), NDS (the video software provider scooped by Cisco in 2012 for $5 billion), Playtika (the gaming platform bought by Giant Interactive for $4.4 But does the evidence bear out this belief?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In the past, disruption occurred at the level of discrete product and service technologies that competed to offer better value for customers (e.g., Told this way, the Kodak story is a comforting caricature of the traditional failure to adapt to disruptive technological change. The nature of disruption is changing. inch vs. 3.5-inch

Company 8

Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

First, as shown by a recent analysis of 32 technology firms, the personality of CEOs shapes the culture of the organization. Second, as a 20-year review from 1993 to 2012 showed, CEOs’ judgment affects key strategic and managerial processes , such as staffing, financing, and marketing decisions.

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