Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Let's say you're a newly appointed manager learning some finance for the first time, and you're trying to improve your recall of many new terms. Focus instead on a single development opportunity integral to your career. Does this opportunity require learning new terms, concepts, or narratives?

Short-term 14

Short-term Learning Curve Tools Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

We include five categories of AI technology systems: robotics and autonomous vehicles, computer vision, language, virtual agents, and machine learning.). Our results suggest there’s still time to climb the learning curve and compete using AI. Machine learning is a powerful tool, but it’s not right for everything.

Survey 15

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

They’re also likely to be paying an even higher premium for the acquisition, betting on a fast—although uncertain—development. However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve?

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

Unfamiliar but important tasks often have a learning curve that makes how much time they’ll take to complete unpredictable. Likewise, when it comes to money, there are certain personal finance bloggers I like to read from time to time to help me stay on track.

How To 15

How To Crisis Management Learning Curve Goal 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. With GE’s recent announcement to split off its remaining finance operations , and Honeywell also considering divestment, the pressure on these groups remains in force.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Finance 8

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Changing jobs is an often used and effective way to develop new leadership capabilities. While job changes can be a powerful catalyst for development, they can also lead to the derailment of a promising high potential leader. Lessons and Advice Development and results Development assignments are not a free ride.

Development 120

Development Advice Execution Learning Curve 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. They will benefit the most from being mentored.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. High Costs, Learning Curves.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58