Rich Gee Group

MARCH 5, 2024

Organizations must adapt to remain competitive and relevant, whether driven by technological advancements, market shifts, or strategic realignments. Conduct research or focus groups to uncover real employee experiences that can be incorporated into the narrative.

Organization 221

Organization Audience Storytelling Stakeholder Analysis 221

HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned HR professional or a business leader seeking to optimize your training programs, this article will provide you with the insights and strategies necessary to elevate your organization’s learning and development initiatives as you learn how to conduct a training need analysis assessment correctly.

Analysis 132

Analysis Training Compliance Objective 132

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

This guest post by Amir Golan , VP of Business Development at Signals , shows how important it is to look for the small signals and patterns in big data that are easily lost. Back then, they would run focus groups to see what customers liked/didn''t like about the product and would check competitors that began to do well.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Rich Gee Group

MARCH 5, 2024

Organizations must adapt to remain competitive and relevant, whether driven by technological advancements, market shifts, or strategic realignments. Conduct research or focus groups to uncover real employee experiences that can be incorporated into the narrative.

Organization 195

Organization Audience Storytelling Stakeholder Analysis 195

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 19, 2023

Living with disability “Being a disability support worker requires many attributes including patience, honesty, and compassion, as well as skills in first aid, administration, information technology, teamwork, providing personal care, and problem-solving,” the researchers explain.

Participative 117

Participative Information Technology Teamwork Focus Group 117

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

While it’s largely foolhardy to place too much faith in the various estimates of individual jobs vulnerability to technological and economic disruption, what seems far more certain is that disruption will become a way of life, especially in an era where our life expectancy continues to grow and therefore our time in work stretches outwards.

Technology 107

Technology Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Report 107

HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2025

Remote learning, once a contingency plan, is now a cornerstone of professional development strategies. Technology Barriers Not all employees have access to high-speed internet, up-to-date hardware, or a quiet space for learning. Use surveys and focus groups to understand their experiences and preferences.

Training 52

Training Tools Storytelling Contingency Plans 52

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Focus groups and stay-interviews can reveal why people want to come to work every day. Employee development. Development helps employees to be effective in their current jobs and prepare for future opportunities that help the organization to grow. Employee engagement and retention. They will be very grateful.

Succession 137

Succession Performance Review Benchmarking Handbook 137

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

’ …Second, organizations often reward leaders for additions; Kudos, cash, perks, and titles are heaped on those who implement new technologies, launch initiatives, or build bigger fiefdoms. This often starts with surveys and/or third-party interviews or focus groups. ’ and not ‘What can I get rid of?’

Focus Group 124

Focus Group Decentralization Objective Project 124

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2023

Try surveying your current customers or conducting focus groups. Leverage Technology Technology is constantly evolving, and several techniques and methods can be utilized to expand your service offerings. Given the rapid advancements in technology, a plethora of options awaits you.

Strategy 102

Strategy Audience Marketing CRM 102

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 6, 2011

But the years away reportedly helped him develop his leadership style and begin ceding more responsibilities to others. He was a focus group of one, the ideal Apple customer, two years out. Perhaps, Jobs was the greatest user of technology to ever live. He became less enamored of tech for tech's sake. As he told Inc.

Micromanagement 77

Micromanagement Leadership Styles Focus Group Magazine 77

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 27, 2019

Read through the tech and business press on any given day and you’re likely bombarded with news about the latest technologies. It’s a mindset that underpins a constant assessment of the technology landscape to see what’s around the corner. In all of this, the customer gets a bit of a cold shoulder.

Innovation 74

Innovation Succession Incubator Business Model 74

HR Digest

AUGUST 14, 2023

When training was nothing more than a mere suggestion, and the only development opportunities were the occasional team-building retreats? They not only upskill and reskill employees but also contribute to their overall development and job satisfaction. Use surveys, interviews, or focus groups to gather their insights and opinions.

Training 98

Training Succession Objective Learning-by-Doing 98

HR Digest

APRIL 1, 2023

Provide Ongoing Training and Development Effective new-hire training shouldn’t end after the first week or month. Providing ongoing training and development opportunities ensures that employees have the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their job effectively and grow within the organization.

Long-term 69

Long-term Mentor Training Objective 69

HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2023

This can involve conducting surveys and focus groups to gather feedback from employees about their benefit preferences, as well as monitoring trends in the industry to identify emerging benefit offerings and ensure that pay equity is prioritized.

Incentives 64

Incentives Motivation Objective Trends 64

Eric Jacobson

JULY 7, 2011

What is the digital company or the new technology that will force you to change your business model? Perhaps it won't be digital technology that will change or crush your business model. 93% of that age group send/read email. Or expand, or morph? Or, worse.that will cause you to close your doors?

Business Model 62

Business Model Bottom-up Industry Focus Group 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Some of the outsource administration you could consider are: Surveying, polling, and focus group tests. IT Services and Technology. Regardless of whether you are tech-savvy or not, it is usually simpler to let someone else deal with your technology needs. Many technology duties come tagged with a steep learning curve.

Outsourcing 60

Outsourcing Human Resources Learning Curve Marketing 60

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. And remember that technology connects people in faster and more transparent ways than ever! Still skeptical?

Media 66

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 66

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2024

Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding to companies that might struggle in the capital markets but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers who have a stake in the final product.

Productivity 28

Productivity Products Focus Group Analysis 28

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While there is a level of ambiguity when measuring true learning and development, reviewing employee output and overall business outcomes are crucial to understanding whether or not a training program has been successful. Training programs are developed for a reason.

Metrics 52

Metrics Training Benchmarking ROI 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Dedicate manpower and resources to look for patterns or trends that may indicate inequities, especially within specific job roles or demographic groups. Then develop protocols for making adjustments to address identified pay disparities. The gathered data needs to be reviewed in detail.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Yes, set up a “focus group” of employees to serve as community leaders who will shepherd your company into the social networking world, but don’t put all of the power in their hands.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Bally Technologies , a leading provider of gaming systems for casinos, has earned more than 60 awards for innovation in just the last four years. How did Bally Technologies do it? But while the foundational elements are the same, Bally Technologies uses them in a distinct way. Through an innovation excellence framework.

Technology 9

Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes, political hacktivists brag about Web pages defaced and customer information released over the Internet, but companies rarely reveal the attacks that result in the loss of valuable intellectual property — business plans, proprietary technologies or fraudulent payments. These attacks can be devastating.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

One professional service firm told us how a senior partner sold only technology implementation services &38212; an area he was personally passionate about — to his clients in South America. The second approach is to salvage ideas or technologies that didn't solve the problem they were intended to solve. Rehabilitate a misfit.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Sample Hedge Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The increasing availability of data coupled with the abundance of sophisticated technologies, tools, and applications give filmmakers an opportunity to improve decision making for better forecast revenue before a movie is released. Producers can have a mechanism in place to effectively predict profitability to secure investment capital.

Film 18

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The increasing availability of data coupled with the abundance of sophisticated technologies, tools, and applications give filmmakers an opportunity to improve decision making for better forecast revenue before a movie is released. Producers can have a mechanism in place to effectively predict profitability to secure investment capital.

Film 18

Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 18

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas.

Succession 15

Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

In my work with focus groups, interviews with leaders, and reviews of frontline employees' performance appraisals, I'm seeing more and more of these reverse leaders. And such focus can have tremendous value to any organization, if properly recognized and encouraged. Others will need to wait until they develop additional skills.

Self-aware 19

Self-aware Competitive Advantage Follow-up Content 19

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

All the endless stuff the developed world is drowning in — that we’re melting down the planet to produce — is, for the most part, as unexciting as it is unoriginal as it is uninspired as it is uninspiring. The geeks contend, as they always and always probably will, that innovation is technology. Better, Not More.

Company 15

Company Committee Price Objective 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

E-commerce players were still figuring things out, and brick-and-mortar stores weren’t really experimenting with technology. Yet based on my own experiences, I believed we could use technology to make shopping more efficient. Each group can imagine things are possible that the other might not have dreamed of.

Brand 14

Brand CTO Marketing Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

But I am also excited about “stagecraft,” a related approach that fakes a new product or service to get real-life reactions from users early in the development process. Employed early in the development process, stagecraft can yield critical insights that you might not discover until much later on.

Learning-by-Doing 14

Learning-by-Doing Engineering Film Transportation 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In addition to developing programs on pain-management for our broad clinician population, we targeted a focused group of high prescribers. Engaging high prescribers. Using the dashboard, we quickly saw that clinicians were prescribing opioids at vastly different rates. Generally, high prescribing clinicians were unaware of their rates.

System 14

System Health Care Review Focus Group 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2017

Not least in the online search abilities, speech and translation features, and image recognition technology of my employer, Alphabet. Whatever hype businesspeople read around AI — and there is a great deal — the intentions and actions of so many players should alert them to the fundamental importance of this new technology.

Company 15

Company Training Technology Wireless 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

An effort under way at the Mayo Clinic shows how such technology can be used to improve outcomes and lower costs in health care. In addition to software development, we converted hundreds of pages of patient instructions and educational materials into videos, voice-over slideshows, and text modules that the software could deliver.

Mayo 14

Mayo Education Software Participative 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2012

R&D and product development launch products that receive tepid responses. In doing research for my book , I found that companies who are attracting buyers in today's hyper-connected world are developing new approaches and competencies that focus on one thing: customers. Find your customer product developers.

CEO 11

CEO Airlines Marketing Software 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

2 spot, Rebook tried to develop a credible rival to Nike''s "air" technology — the Energy Return System , a group of shock-absorbent tubes under the midsole of its shoes, and The Pump , an inflation device that provided personalized fit and cushioning. While each technology bumped sales, something was still missing.

Company 12

Company Apparel Brand Advertising 12