Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Many leaders spend their energies focusing on their personal rewards and status, rather than focusing on the greater good of those they serve. The firm focuses on leadership development, organization excellence and information technology. Lately selflessness has not been an attribute that is highly celebrated in leaders.

Leadership 56

Leadership Newsletter Executive Coaching Follow-up 56

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Bill is responsible all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, content development, and the delivery of Communispond courses by certified faculty. About the Author Bill Rosenthal is the Chief Executive Officer of Communispond Inc., an organization that has taught business communications skills to more than 600,000 persons.

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Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that companies waste 30% of the energy they consume. For many businesses, this is equivalent to overspending on energy by that amount to achieve current production levels. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste.

Company 8

Company Management CIO Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Connected Homes are perhaps the clearest next proving ground for the IoT, combining both the potential to spawn new lines of products and services in areas such as security cameras and kitchen appliances, and the chance to reduce energy use and costs through smart thermostats and HVAC systems. Information & technology Internet'

Early Adopters 12

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 12

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Bill is responsible all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, content development, and the delivery of Communispond courses by certified faculty. About the Author Bill Rosenthal is the Chief Executive Officer of Communispond Inc., an organization that has taught business communications skills to more than 600,000 persons.

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Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Recently I’ve been having a very hard time talking to students, executives, and business leaders about information technology. The Great Recession forced these firms’ leaders to recognize technology’s role in driving value. He believes technology leadership is about to undergo a shakeout.

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CIO Information Technology Forrester Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Eventually Microsoft developed Internet Explorer and outflanked it by eliminating the market for a paid browser. Firms must thoroughly understand themselves and their competitors through appropriate environment scanning and market intelligence. Eventually, some incumbents adapted and invested in technology as well.

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Porter Banking Globalization Information Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Big Data is what enables banks to predict credit card fraud by analyzing billions of transactions, marketers to understand customer sentiment by analyzing millions of interactions on social media, and retailers to target promotions and offers by analyzing millions of purchases. A similar trend is underway in energy conservation.

Power 8

Power Health Care Information Technology Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. Many of the most interesting advances are in new production processes and new information technologies. but also the risks.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

It’s only recently, though, that advances in information technology have made it possible for predictive tools to access and manipulate big data, and to do so continuously — accelerating the generation of insights, and opening up opportunities to anticipate issues with unprecedented precision. Health Information & technology'

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Use a higher level of energy than you used in the earlier parts of the presentation. Bill is responsible all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, content development, and the delivery of Communispond courses by certified faculty. Spell it out, step-by-step. Move across the front of the room in long, confident strides.

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Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Based on our work with clients in a variety of industries from financial services to energy, here are three ways we’ve seen organizations embrace the analytics opportunities of today and transform from being the constraint into being the change agent for their company’s future. Information & technology Leadership'

Banking 8

Banking Hypercompetition Constraint Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

As markets mature, more of the processes move to partners and other providers, so the industry leaders can spend their time and energy on high-value processes that contribute to their competitive differentiation. Information & technology IT management Technology'

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Maturity Software Information Technology Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

For Africa, trade and investment could enlisting the entrepreneurial energy of its citizens — both home and abroad. Nigeria moved from a GDP of $35 billion to $207 billion within a decade largely because of massive investment from foreign business partners in information technology and banking.

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AIDA AIDAS GDP Education 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In stark contrast, the last four years have seen continued improvement in drone technology, much of which cannot be put to use. In an increasingly global market both for consumers and entrepreneurial talent, even a slightly more efficient approach to regulating can make all the difference. Information & technology Innovation'

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Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The myth of Silicon Valley is that venture-funded entrepreneurship is a generalizable model that can be applied to every problem, when in actuality it is a model that was built to commercialize mature technologies for certain markets. The Silicon Valley Model. . ” An Alternative Path. ” An Alternative Path.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. But the focus was squarely on "energy saving, environmental protection, and the low-carbon economy" with other emerging areas — infotech, biotech, and modern materials — taking a distinctly secondary role.

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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

With permanently new dynamism in the job market and the elimination of the career ladder , the days of signing up for a 20-year, pre-configured journey to the top are over. But there's more good news: The information technology revolution just lowered the cost of experimentation. The time to diversify is now.

Travel 18

Travel Career Agility Learning-by-Doing 18

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

stock market to decline almost 1% before the news was revealed as a hoax. Information & technology Internet' For example, the recent hacking of the Associated Press''s Twitter account by the Syrian Electronic Army and subsequent tweet about an explosion at the White House caused the U.S. Cyber Security in the Internet of Things.

Engineering 8

Engineering Software Wireless Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit "). I know many smart investors didn't.

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Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? Billion-dollar companies do not happen if the founding team is not extremely well suited to the market (now called " founder/market fit "). I know many smart investors didn't.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

Along the same lines, a 5% drop in revenue can result in a 50% drop in market cap. If there is only one thing a business intelligence initiative can focus on, we would say, put all that energy and focus on more dynamic, forward-looking course correction. Information & technology'

Business Intelligence 8

Business Intelligence Information Technology Uncertainty Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As companies devote increasing time and energy in gathering massive quantities of data, many neglect a critical first step: Get most responsibility for data out of the IT Department. Most of these moments don't occur in IT. Part of my motivation in getting responsibility for data into the business is to free up IT to do what it does best.

Technology 15

Technology Sharpe Middle Management Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies have spent enormous energy responding to the existential threat of new entrants. Even technology, information technology, you know, they’ve invested in treating that as a tier-one asset. And then you think about how new entrants come into the market. And let me explain to you what I mean.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The data-driven have crafted the best strategies, uncovered wholly new markets, and kept operational costs low. Important as the technology and expertise may be, we find that most companies should focus first on high-quality data, process, people, and culture. The technical challenges are legion.

Organization 15

Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2016

By the 1990s, IBM had become the go-to provider of enterprise information technology — hardware, software, and systems integration — for large and midsized businesses. IBM’s Emerging Business Opportunities (EBO) process provides cover for experimental business units targeting embryonic markets.

Company 8

Company Licensing Incentives Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

From distributed energy generation to 3D printing to crowdfunding to the Internet of Things and data analytics, all of these technologies enable us to provide what customers want, where, how, and when they want it. They build brand presence before markets have been clearly defined. Consider drone delivery services.

Business Model 8

Business Model Constraint Technology Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

And yet today’s top marketers are combining technology and teamwork to generate extraordinary results. Their insights and experience suggest five marketing capabilities that in their most refined form border on superpowers. Extraordinary marketers are amazing listeners. Exceptional marketers make the silos disappear.

Marketing 13

Marketing Teamwork Technology Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

This includes having a tangible plan for what data is being sought, what changes will be made based on the findings, how the results of these changes will be measured, and the return on investment that justifies the time and energy put into the project. Information & technology Managing people Technology'

Information Technology 10

Information Technology Participative Proposal Information 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

Thus, for example, a complex system like commuter train service has targets for the on time, safe delivery of passengers that present an optimization problem in real time based on a variety of fluctuating variables, ranging from the weather, to load size, to even the availability and cost of energy. Decision making Information & technology'

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Software Information Technology Analysis 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

If you want to improve how your organization develops, delivers and supports its products or services, it's hard to avoid changes to the information systems that enable those processes. Because they have suffered from delays and high expenses in changing information technology (IT), some choose a manual workaround that is less efficient.

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Price System Technology Software 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The wealthy classes also sought stability over market-oriented efficiency and growth, not unlike Lord Grantham in the television show "Downton Abbey.". But it needs entrepreneurial energies more than ever now. After overthrowing that order, Americans realized more than ever before that they could change their station in life.

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Class Hedge Technology Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

We witnessed a monumental event in a shareholder resolution calling on ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest publicly listed energy company, to disclose the impact on its business under a 2-degree scenario. But another major action last week points in the opposite direction and leaves us more optimistic.

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Tips Supply Chain Proposal Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

The economic theory is that when different markets have different price sensitivities, producers must adjust their prices to optimize profits. for an energy bar at the airport, which would have cost about $2.00 That's because price discrimination only works when markets can be kept separate. For example, I just paid $3.00

Price 16

Price Open-book Retail Content 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

Americans are not necessarily worse off because Chinese or Indians have become more competitive on global markets. Declining prices of computer hardware enabled American companies to invest heavily in information technology, which in turn, drove a surge in U.S. productivity. productivity. Not at all.

Real Estate 15

Real Estate Policies Telecommunications Industry 15