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A Strategist’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence

June 24, 2017

As the conceptual side of computer science becomes practical and relevant to business, companies must decide what type of AI role they should play. Here is an excerpt from an article by Anand Rao for strategy+business magazine, published by certain…

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What is your core product?

April 29, 2017

These major businesses (listed in alpha order) no longer sell their original core product(s). o Apple: its core product was a circuit board o Corning: Technical and pharmaceutical glass o DuPont: gunpowder o The Gap: phonograph recordings in a retail…

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Jeff Wolf: An interview by Bob Morris

May 8, 2015

Jeff Wolf is one of America’s foremost executive business coaches, speakers and management consultants. Prestigious Leadership Excellence magazine named him one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders for his accomplishments in leadership development, managerial effectiveness and organizational productivity. His strategic…

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Thomas Davenport on “Ten types of analytical innovation”

August 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tom Davenport for Deloitte University Press. In it, he explains why and how ten types of innovation can be driven, supported, or measured with analytics. If you’re not using analytics for…

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Reputation Rules: A book review by Bob Morris

July 26, 2011

Reputation Rules: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset Daniel Diermeier AMACOM (2011) Why a reputation strategy is imperative and how to formulate, execute, an then manage one It is no coincidence that on Fortune magazine’s annual lists of…

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