A 10% cost reduction in supply chain efficiency can easily produce more return with less effort than a 10% increase in sales.
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HR must share organisational insight about how the business works and what it does.
About the impact of people, culture and leadership.
Understanding the core value drivers, the business financials, gaps in the productivity and connecting the financial performance with employees...
Companies often lack the required resources to develop important administrative and support processes to support sustainable growth. In other instances, business functions act alone and fail to provide a convincing cross-functional linkage to operations, marketing or other important functions....
From being just Visible to Visionary
Organisations have goals or desired ends they want to achieve. Similarly, organisations have strategies or preferred means for achieving those goals. In addition, organisations utilise implementing structures or special organisational processes aimed at guaranteeing...
70 executives recently took part in a highly participative IMD Discovery Event to understand the concept of open innovation that is currently creating more choice for consumers than ever before.
Businesses that fail to embrace open innovation run the...
Professor William A. Fischer on moving to where the ideas are flowing
Agility: Idea Flow is Critical," interviewed by Paul Hunter.
Engaging users is among the many secrets that underlie successful innovation.
The newest innovation in innovation is the use of rich...
Strategic Partnerships
By Professor James E. Henderson, Professor Charles Dhanaraj and Karine Avagyan with Michelle Perrinjaquet
79 participants from 50 companies attended an IMD Discovery Event that focused on the challenges involved in making strategic partnerships work.
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Strategic Partnerships
Models that Work
This panel...
“In times of change learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”
Eric Hoffer - Philosopher
Challenges require collaborative and innovative solutions
Acording to the Cambridge University, 'COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE:...
Get ready for big digital transformation
3.2 billion people are now online, and they are already spending more time there than watching TV. They are making and watching videos about products they like – and tweeting vigorously about customer service that...
Customer in the Center
Identify what’s most important to your customers.
Seth Godin is right:
You want to focus your energy on pleasing your truly rewarding customers. If it’s not clear exactly who they are, make sure you’re spending enough time on...