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Analytics & Performance
Why Analytics Don’t Always Pay Off in the Playoffs
Why do workable analytics-based strategies always seem to fail when the playoffs start?
Ben Shields and Paul Michelman
Analytics & Performance
Talent Versus Teamwork
Counterpoints looks at whether analytics can quantify team chemistry.
Ben Shields and Paul Michelman
Analytics & Performance
“Out-Getting” Is the Next Great Baseball Strategy. Or Not.
The latest debate in baseball is whether out-getting can become more than a post-season fad.
Ben Shields and Paul Michelman
Analytics & Performance
Is It Possible to Judge Individual Talent in the NFL?
Can an individual football player’s talent be predicted? Wharton professor Cade Massey thinks not.
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and Cade Massey
Digital Business
Designing Organizations Around Technology
Harvard Business School professor Carliss Baldwin explains how modularity affects team structures.
Carliss Baldwin (Harvard Business School), interviewed by Gerald C. Kane
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: How the Digital Thread Weaves Its Way Through the Business
In Part 7 of our eight-part video series, we synthesize the steps of the digital thread.
Mark Cotteleer, Joe Schibi, and Jonathan Holdowsky
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: Testing and Validation
Part 6 of our eight-part video series looks at quality assurance in additive manufacturing.
Mark Cotteleer, Monika Mahto, and Brenna Sniderman
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: A Digital Safety Net
Part 4 of our eight-part video series looks at how digital simulation makes product testing more efficient.
Mark Cotteleer, Joseph Mariani, and Jonathan Holdowsky
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: Augmenting Part Design With Topology Optimization
In Part 3 of our eight-part video series, we examine how topology optimization makes design more cost-effective.
Mark Cotteleer, Brenna Sniderman, and Hemnabh Varia
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: Creating a Smart Part and Managing Its Life Cycle
Part 2 of our eight-part video series explores design as the starting point for digital production.
Mark Cotteleer, Jonathan Holdowsky, and Monika Mahto
Developing Strategy
Why Best Practices Often Fall Short
For many leaders, the allure of best practices is strong and their expectations for results are unrealistic.
Jérôme Barthélemy
Analytics & Performance
Seizing Opportunity in Data Quality
The cost of bad data is an astonishing 15% to 25% of revenue for most companies.
Thomas C. Redman
Leadership Skills
Your Project Is Vulnerable. Do You Know the Warning Signs?
If you’re running a big project, watch out for these signs that stakeholders have doubts about it.
Nancy Lea Hyer and Richard Ettenson
Developing Strategy
Focusing on What 90% of Businesses Do Now Is a Big Mistake
It’s not smart to base any part of your strategy on what you see in the rear-view mirror.
Andrew Winston
Leadership Skills
How to Become a Game-Changing Leader
To successfully lead big change initiatives, executives must master a wide range of leadership skills.
Doug Ready and Alan Mulally
Analytics & Performance
Unleashing the Potential of Supply Chain Analytics
To fully benefit from supply chain analytics, companies need to be able to act on insights quickly.
Melissa R. Bowers, Adam G. Petrie, and Mary C. Holcomb
Boards & Corporate Governance
The Downside to Full Board Independence
Accounting scandals led to more independent corporate boards, but this trend has financial costs.
Olubunmi Faleye
Big Data
Preparing Analytics for a Strategic Role
The way health care is billed in the U.S. system is part of the reason costs are so high. WellPoint is looking to analytics to play a strategic role in changing that.
Michael Fitzgerald
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