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Social Media Platforms Can Be Built Around Quality, Not Scale

Harvard Business Review

” Vanity metrics are methods of measuring ROI that make product-builders feel good (or make them look good to funders), but don’t ultimately lead to awesome products. In fact, some companies resist this pressure by refusing to take venture money at all, since venture funders can sometimes put pressure on companies to scale fast.

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Unlock the Best 15 Employee Perks in the US Companies

Vantage Circle

Investing in an onsite gym or fitness center can be equally rewarding for a large-scale company. According to an SHRM study, US companies offering volunteer programs increased from 40% in 2014 to 47% in 2022. At the same time, some large-scale companies can even opt to balance both the in-house and partnership perks.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

From climate change to inequality, the scope of humanity’s biggest environmental and social challenges came into much sharper focus this year — as did the scale and range of opportunities to do something about them. In his pushback, Cook made a larger point about not being a slave to ROI. Financing the clean economy.

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What’s the Endgame for Social Media?

Harvard Business Review

In 2014, more and more companies will usher in the third wave of social business by empowering everyone across the organization to participate. It’s the way business has always been done, but now social business complements traditional methods and allows for companies and their employees to manage and measure this engagement at scale.

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The Company Cultures That Help (or Hinder) Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Inability to prove business value of digital through traditional ROI calculations, resulting in lack of senior management sponsorship. The 2014 survey participants rated their internal work cultures on a five-point scale for the following opposing characteristics: Strong, shared sense of purpose vs. weak, inconsistent sense of purpose.

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Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces

Harvard Business Review

The remainder work for Orange (née French Telecom), which launched VBN in 2014 to teach its programmers and engineers how to work with and learn from people outside of the company. As one might imagine, demonstrating the ROI of this is difficult — most don’t even try. Corporate coworkers seek the same.

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Design a Work-Life Improvement Pilot Project

Harvard Business Review

” Quest is now exploring ways to share and scale the training with employees more broadly, while keeping it fully aligned with business priorities, including building a high performance culture and a culture of health. For change to happen, either personally or within the workplace, the potential ROI must clearly justify the effort.

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