4 Analytics Concepts Every Manager Should Understand
Like many professionals, my job doesn’t require expertise in data or analytics. I’m a writer and editor, so I deal with words, not numbers. Still, nearly every knowledge worker today needs to be a regular consumer of data analysis. For example, I need to understand whether and why articles on having a mid-career crisis outperformed ones on receiving feedback or why pieces with particular headlines get more traffic than others ...
^ADJ: a lot of buzzwords float around, big data and business intelligence for example without any thought as to how the data could be used within the business, and where is the underlying data held ... as always focus on getting the basics right, keep it simple!
The Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways
“First, let’s fire all the managers” said Gary Hamel almost seven years ago in Harvard Business Review. “Think of the countless hours that team leaders, department heads, and vice presidents devote to supervising the work of others.”
Invest, Create, Perform: Mastering the three dimensions of growth in the digital age | McKinsey
Growth isn’t just about building value; it’s fundamental to long-term business survival. Consider this: almost half of the 100 largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange 30 years ago that enjoyed strong shareholder returns but did not post top-line growth had been acquired or delisted 20 years later
Self-serve first: the overlooked but essential paradigm underlying great software companies
Truly great software companies are self-serve first ...
^ADJ: you may not be a software company, but what are you doing to allow your clients / customers self service ....
Optimize your day-to-day focus with this reverse to-do list technique
Ever asked yourself why it feels like you’re not getting much meaningful stuff done, even as you’re wrapping up a crazy, busy whirlwind of a day? The gap between busyness and high leverage effectiveness is where entrepreneurial dreams go to die ....