Month: May 2013

Several expert perspectives on data analytics

May 15, 2013

I know of no other business subject that receives more attention now than data analytics does. (Innovation may be a close second.) McKinsey & Company has produced several videos featuring the firm’s experts on several different dimensions of data analytics.…

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The Inclusion Dividend: A book review by Bob Morris

May 15, 2013

The Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity & Inclusion Pays Off Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan Bibliomotion (2013) A brilliant explanation of the ROI of a workplace community within which diversity and inclusion are core values If you were to…

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Does it matter where you went to school?

May 15, 2013

Here is an article written by Margaret Heffernan for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. *     *     *…

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The coming era of “on-demand” marketing

May 14, 2013

Emerging technologies are poised to personalize the consumer experience radically -— in real time and almost everywhere. It’s not too early to prepare. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Dahlström and David Edelman for The McKinsey…

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Eric Schmidt on “Disruptive technologies”

May 14, 2013

McKinsey & Company has just launched a new series of video interview programs with high-tech experts. In the first, Eric Schmidt explores the technologies likely to have the greatest disruptive impact on economies, business models, and people. Later this month…

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How to Influence People with Your Ideas

May 13, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Butman for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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Predictive Analytics: A book review by Bob Morris

May 13, 2013

Predictive Analytics: the Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die Eric Siegel John Wiley & Sons (2013) The skills and tools needed to improve the accuracy of predictions of what will – and will not — happen…

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Brooke Denihan Barrett (Denihan Hospitality Group) in “The Corner Office”

May 13, 2013

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Brooke Denihan Barrett who is…

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The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2013

The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier Cy Wakeman Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) How to increase one’s value as well as eliminate whatever can diminish it and, meanwhile,…

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