Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In years past, an important source of competitive advantage for insurers was the ability to price risk better than rivals. Objectively assess the current skills and capabilities of your workforce to identify gaps. Develop and acquire the talent you need to close any gaps, starting today. Take insurance, for example.

Company 13

Company Insurance Engineering Software 13

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid. Don’t hype…stop complaining…fix the problem.

Blog 366

Blog Politics Mission Statement Depreciation 366

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Based on this research, I have developed a three-phase model that shows how companies can move beyond rhetoric and take ownership of sustainability. Psychological ownership refers to feelings of possessiveness and connection that we develop toward an appealing object such as a person, company, or even an idea.

Incubator 10

Incubator How To Real Estate Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. Only people can define the objectives and use the holistic judgment necessary.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. Each initiative claims it is critical to the success of the organization, yet their competition puts that very success in jeopardy.

Operations 13

Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity.

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Blog Innovation Brand Strategic Planning 413

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

Developed in collaboration with Facebook, the report seeks to understand how public and private organizations can join forces to use social media data — through data collaboratives — to mitigate and perhaps solve some our most intractable policy dilemmas.

Company 10

Company Policies Media Analysis 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Procter & Gamble’s Connect + Develop program and the Innocentive platform apply similar approaches. That’s quite a mismatch.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations. They worked together to identify the technologies that could improve the company''s competitive advantage versus technologies that were needed to support the business.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Although champions are not the ultimate decision makers, and they rarely have substantial power within their organization, they have four things that make them irreplaceable in developing and closing the deal: credibility, connections, company intelligence, and motivation. He wanted to help create a competitive advantage (like a lion ).

Motivation 8

Motivation CIO Competitive Advantage Software 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

to hit your objectives? How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. Who are your strongest leaders and how are you developing them to handle more responsibility? Do you have the necessary resources (financial, technology, talent, infrastructure, etc.) Why should we make this investment?

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Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Over the past few years, most businesses have come to recognize that the ability to collect and analyze the data they generate has become a key source of competitive advantage. Our goal was to develop an automated data-driven decision-making agent that provides action recommendations with the objective to lower load peaks.

Company 10

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

According to Forbes , “Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly defined audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action.” What myths are there about content marketing that need to be dispelled?

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105