Platforms & Ecosystems
Leveraging Subscriptions and Marketplaces for Platform Success
Barry Libert, CEO of AIMatters, describes how subscription models and a platform-first mindset can help organizations define valuable new offerings for customers.
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Data science success strategies, developing simple “no-code” apps, and independent contractors’ outsider advantage.
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Platforms & Ecosystems
Accelerate Digital Transformation With ‘No-Code’ Software Tools
No-code software development platforms enable nontechnical teams to create and deploy simple apps quickly.
Chris DeBrusk
Data & Data Culture
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The data science management process, job moves for pay equity, and political concerns in M&As.
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Financial Management & Risk
How Political Ideology Can Impact the Success of M&As
When managing a merger, pay attention to political disparities.
Dawn Chow, Christodoulos Louca, Andreas Petrou, and Andreas Procopiou
Talent Management
Gain Competitive Advantage by Transcending the Front-Line Paradox
Front-line employees are uniquely aware of the early symptoms of coming change. Management should heed their insights.
Carsten Lund Pedersen
Platforms & Ecosystems
Why Companies Must Embrace Microservices and Modular Thinking
Monolithic, highly interdependent organizations can become modular ones by embracing microservices.
Mark J. Greeven, Howard Yu, and Jialu Shan
Business Models
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New research on retail profitability, the promise of platform-based business models, and retraining employees to meet revised strategic priorities.
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Leading Change
Why Pivoting People Is a Strategic Priority
Companies must retrain their employees to fill the roles most closely aligned with their revised strategic directions.
Curtis L. Odom and Charn P. McAllister
Business Models
How to Win at the Platform Game
There’s power in integrating subscription-based software, platform marketplaces, and machine learning.
Barry D. Libert
Customers
The Retail Profitability Paradox
Retailers must explore new revenue streams, monetize existing assets, and embrace a consumer-to-business mentality.
Rodney R. Sides and Lupine Skelly
Organizational Transformation
Digital Transformation After the Pandemic
George Westerman outlines how companies can re-think their assumptions about operating in a digital world post-pandemic.
George Westerman and Paul Michelman
Leading Change
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Good arguments at the core of great strategy, the risks of concurrent change initiatives, and the courage to be candid.
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Developing Strategy
Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy
Creating consistently great business strategies demands systematic constructive debate and logical rigor.
Jesper B. Sørensen and Glenn R. Carroll
Leading Change
How to Reduce the Risk of Colliding Change Initiatives
New research points to consistency as a pivotal success factor when companies launch concurrent change initiatives.
Quy Nguyen Huy, Rouven Kanitz, Julia Backmann, and Martin Hoegl
Supply Chains & Logistics
Rethinking Industry’s Role in a National Emergency
The U.S.’s approach to its Strategic National Stockpile needs to be overhauled before the next pandemic. Here’s how.
ManMohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang
Automation
How to Establish an Automation Center of Excellence
A dedicated team can help maximize the utility — and competitive advantage — of automation systems.
Thomas H. Davenport and Gina Schaefer
Developing Strategy
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Identifying the right change strategy, boosting stagnated skills, and managing demand fluctuations.
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Developing Strategy
Most Businesses Should Neither ‘Pivot’ nor ‘Double Down’
Companies have more options than they realize when choosing a strategy for responding to a changing environment.
B. Tom Hunsaker and Jonathan Knowles
Platforms & Ecosystems
Interactive: The Workforce Ecosystem Perspective
Use this dashboard to benchmark your organization’s readiness to adopt a workforce ecosystem approach.