78 Marketing Tasks You Should Outsource Immediately If you’re like me, you stay busy. Running a business is a tall order in and of itself. When you throw marketing into the mix, things can quickly become overwhelming. If you haven’t felt this way yet, you’re going to feel it soon: There just aren’t enough hours in Read more about 78 Marketing Tasks You Should Outsource Immediately[…]
New talent tensions in an era of lower investment returns Employers can differentiate themselves by adjusting to the changing financial realities. Source: McKinsey New talent tensions in an era of lower investment returns
535: The Zappos Holacracy Experiment Ethan Bernstein, Harvard Business School professor, and John Bunch, holacracy implementation lead at Zappos, discuss the online retailer’s transition to a flat, self-managed organization. They are the coauthors of the HBR article “Beyond the Holacracy Hype.” Source: Ideacast 535: The Zappos Holacracy Experiment
Five strategies to transform the oil and gas supply chain Companies in the oil and gas supply chain have gone from boom to bust in the past two years. Here are five strategies oil-field service and equipment companies are exploring to adjust to the changing environment. Source: McKinsey Five strategies to transform the oil Read more about Five strategies to transform the oil and gas supply chain[…]
More than digital plus traditional: A truly omnichannel customer experience Adding digital channels requires major efforts, yet payoffs can disappoint. Integrating digital and traditional channels into a truly omnichannel offering is even harder—but multiplies the rewards. Source: McKinsey More than digital plus traditional: A truly omnichannel customer experience
‘One Belt and One Road’: Connecting China and the world China is leading the effort to create the world’s largest economic platform. Source: McKinsey ‘One Belt and One Road’: Connecting China and the world
Emerging demographics are the new emerging markets Three key groups of urban consumers with numbers and purchasing power are the ones to shape the consumer landscape over the next 15 years, write Richard Dobbs, Jaana Remes and Jonathan Woetzel in Harvard Business Review. Source: McKinsey Emerging demographics are the new emerging markets
McKinsey Quarterly 2016 Number 2: Overview and full issue This issue of the Quarterly, available here as a PDF download, examines the economic dynamics of digital disruption, Pixar’s approach to continuous innovation, the future of performance management, and China’s e-commerce landscape. Source: McKinsey McKinsey Quarterly 2016 Number 2: Overview and full issue
Compliance in 2016: More than just following rules The traditional approach is losing effectiveness. Banks must turn the page and build a new model. Source: McKinsey Compliance in 2016: More than just following rules
Nonfinancial risk: A growing challenge for the bank With credit and market risks now under better control, the focus is shifting to nonfinancial risks. Managing these well will require big shifts in banks’ practices. Source: McKinsey Nonfinancial risk: A growing challenge for the bank