Steve Farber

AUGUST 10, 2010

We need something specific from the other person–an airline ticket, or lunch, or help with a question. We might confide that our marriage is failing, or discuss private, sensitive details about our finances with such a friend. Most relationships start on the First Floor. We meet and we greet. We exchange business cards.

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Letter Long-term Open-book Learning-by-Doing 80

Chris Brady

MARCH 3, 2010

To compare the iPhone to any other phone is like comparing an airliner to a tricycle. and a Winner Announced Blog powered by TypePad Member since 09/2007 Author Chris Bradys Leadership Blog Chris Bradys Home Page Chris Bradys Rascal Tweets Chris Bradys FaceBook Chris Bradys YouTube Chris Bradys Fan Page-Rascal Nation Chris Brady on LinkedIn

Travel 58

Travel Letter Products Productivity 58

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Recently, my colleagues and I interviewed dozens of these higher-ambition CEOs , all of whom taught us a valuable lesson: integrity is at the heart of great leadership. For example, in finance courses students learn that profitability and return on assets is the measure of business success.

360-Degree Feedback 15

360-Degree Feedback Ethics Education Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A passenger jet belonging to a cut-rate airline had recently crashed into the Florida Everglades, and Kinsley argued in Slate that it was appropriate for discount airlines to be more dangerous than the major carriers. The chance of getting killed in a crash on a given flight on a major airline is roughly 1 in 10 million.

Airlines 15

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 15

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. Cargo theft costs the U.S.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Despite best efforts, the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger will hit points of turbulence. Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs. If you want certainty, here it is: my surefire predictions about the future. The next two Popes won't be a woman.

Health Care 15

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. These "channel" systems helped steer business to American Airlines. As with American Airlines, each competitive advantage with IT is temporary. Similar waves of innovative applications of technology (e.g.,

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

But had they looked at themselves from the point of view of their customers, they would have seen that they were really in the transportation and logistics business and would have better understood the challenge, and the opportunities, represented by the growing airline industry. Innovation Leadership Strategy'

Levitt 12

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom. Leadership Boards' ” We are reminded yet again that the chief executive is no longer the sole leader of the enterprise.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

Learning-by-Doing 12

Learning-by-Doing Software Technology Travel 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

Some very well-known companies such as Whole Foods (founder John Mackey dedicates a whole chapter to love in his book Conscious Capitalism ) and Southwest Airlines (their NYSE ticker code is LUV) make explicit reference to love. LoveOS supports the “apps” of strategy, finance, etc.

Organization 8

Organization Power Reference Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. The airline industry has experienced great volatility from deregulation, takeovers through mergers and acquisitions, and, as always, unpredictable forces of nature. Unlocking Energy. It’s not for everyone.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Sometimes it's new leadership that spurs action, other times efforts percolating within companies capture executives' attention. The Boeing Training & Flight Services division, a 1,500-employee group at The Boeing Company that serves 500 airline customers in over 90 countries, sought to accelerate growth by reorganizing around the customer.

B2C 15

B2C B2B Forrester Budgeting 15

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When testing ideas are part of the creative process for product, service, or business development, this triangle must be a business priority: To test product, watch prospects interact with it—whether they use a tool, read a book, choose a necklace, or scan an airline ticket. Design stems from USE.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Advertising Sharpe 100

HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2019

An effective financial literacy program should clear concepts of finance and accounting in simple terms with examples that are relevant to the organization’s day-to-day operations. Joe Knight is widely considered as one of the world’s most influential finance and business literacy leaders. First, share the numbers.

Finance 63

Finance Metrics EBITDA Handbook 63

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Despite best efforts, the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger will hit points of turbulence. Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs. If you want certainty, here it is: my surefire predictions about the future. The next two Popes won't be a woman.

Health Care 8

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. Ive seen this in the organizations where Ive consulted.

Process 15

Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Companies included in the ETF include major airlines, pharmaceuticals, industrials, and technology. We came back from China excited about the potential contribution this country can make to a sustainable economy and society for itself and the leadership it can provide for the rest of the world. Stay tuned.

Long-term 15

Long-term Sample Report Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

What happens if next time it’s not a near-miss , but a direct hit of a commercial airliner by a Russian plane that turns its transponder off? The “weaponization of finance” is also high on your list. And America’s willingness to weaponize finance has grown substantially as a consequence.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Politics Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

.” At one Brazilian retailer, it’s “To give aspiring lower-class consumers the opportunity to own furniture, ‘white goods’ and consumer electronics by helping them solve their financing needs.”

CEO 8

CEO Class Chief Executive Officer Strategy 8

Chris Brady

JANUARY 19, 2011

My first airline flight didn't occur until age 19 when I went to pick up a car in Oklahoma. Mostly, however, I stayed close to home in the good old Flint area. Then it all changed. I spent some time in Texas as a student, then attended grad school in Pittsburgh, then went to finish my Master's degree in Toyohashi, Japan.

Travel 115

Travel Education Open-book Letter 115

Chris Brady

JANUARY 5, 2011

Posted by: Doug Hines | January 05, 2011 at 09:53 AM The airline's learned that charging for blankets and pillows were not popular with the traveller. and a Winner Announced! and a Winner Announced! In the opinion of our panel of judges  Caption Contest 2010.7 showed the widest range of responses. Great job everyone!

Travel 82

Travel Blog Letter Shaw 82

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

I have a project with the Bank of England called simple heuristics for a safer world of finance. It seems like in leadership in business and elsewhere, you really are stuck or blessed with heuristics, because the whole idea is you’re pushing into unknown territory. We study what kind of simple heuristics could make the world safer.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Kahneman Banking System 10