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.

Learning-by-Doing 15

Learning-by-Doing Software Technology Travel 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The quickest way to flip this public perception on its head is to render AI genderless, something I advocate for tirelessly and practice with Sage’s personal finance assistant, Pegg. The more long-term approach requires expanding the talent pool of people working on the next generation of AI technologies.

Diversity 15

Diversity Technology Engineering Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

Any manager who has ever tried to shift organizational behaviors by rolling out a new piece of software knows this well. But if you try to roll out software that causes a major shift, such as going from a per diem to a detailed accounting of expenses for each day, then the software will only be used grudgingly.

Metrics 15

Metrics Education Software Tools 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2014

When Denis Coleman was promoted from finance to management in a fast-growing electronics manufacturer, he didn’t have any experience leading a team. And his negative review had a lasting effect on him: Today, he’s the founder and CEO of Work Compass, which creates online performance reviews and performance management software for companies.

Performance Review 21

Performance Review Review Case Study Learning-by-Doing 21

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Similarly, when Starbucks baristas make your latte the same way across cafés, or when a software engineer delivers the expected features each sprint, you are witnessing tactical performance. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk.

Organization 15

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

A similar conclusion was reached by Bo Cowgill at Columbia Business School when he studied the performance of a job-screening algorithm at a software company ( forthcoming research ). .” Rather than marginalizing traditionally underserved home buyers, the algorithmic system actually benefited this segment of consumers the most.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Policies Finance Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. These robo-advisors may be used to automate certain aspects of risk management and provide decisions that are ethical and compliant with regulation.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

” The idea that a negative has a stronger impact than a positive has been established in fields like finance ( losses have more of an impact than gains), psychology (people remember bad experiences more than good ones), and linguistics (we pay more attention to negative words than positive or neutral ones). The high cost of bad hires.

Attrition 8

Attrition Charisma Cost Follow-up 8

HR Digest

AUGUST 3, 2023

Finance and technology professionals are the most vocal in expressing their concern that monitoring hampers productivity. They yearn for a sense of autonomy and trust, yet the omnipresent gaze of surveillance cameras and monitoring software shatters that illusion. It’s a double-edged sword of suspicion and ignorance.

Ethics 96

Ethics Software Technology Long-term 96

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Do we still take band-aid approaches (such as buying enterprise software)? How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. It is time for fresh thinking, heightened ethical behavior and a shift to a macro focus.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

You suspect that your finance colleague might be fudging numbers, your boss isn’t telling his manager the truth about an important project, or your co-worker is skipping out of the office early but leaving her computer on so it looks like she’s just down the hall. Sometimes you sense that something isn’t right at work.

Ethics 8

Ethics How To Morale Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. This combination provides scale, scope, and cost economies, which allow Ilum to tailor its offering for each individual hospital. It’s not just products. Experimentation is vital.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

I’m sure you’ll enjoy his wisdom about the intersection of character, trust, and ethics. We are prone to make bad, and sometimes unethical judgements when there is greater pressure to “get’er done,” versus to get things done ethically, safely, or legally. Some people would call these virtues and they are.

Ethics 108

Ethics Execution Servant Leader Team 108