Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

With analysis, Alphatech identified regional hospitals—which faced mandated digital-records requirements, and usually lacked the scale and IT staff to do that on their own—as their best customers. Hospitals presented two advantages. They were accessible because Alphatech could oversee integrations remotely via the internet.

Sales 14

Sales Sales Hospitality Accounts Payable 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2012

But social technologies open new channels that permit snooping on an unprecedented scale. Set up continuous monitoring of employees' postings on social media about such matters as business travel, job assignments, and reorganizations. Why Your Social Media Metrics Are a Waste of Time. You can start by tweeting this article.

Media 9

Media Travel Reorganization Education 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Once upon a time, “organization design” meant bringing in a slew of consultants to oversee a large-scale organizational restructuring, most often intended to take out big chunks of cost during an economic downturn.

Reorganization 8

Reorganization Operations Human Resources Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2015

It has spawned vast new horizontal value chains, in which millions of people began creating their own virtual meeting places and marketplaces with their own lateral economies of scale. It has also enabled firms to create huge ecosystems of contractors and customers that can achieve scale without the sclerosis of hierarchical bureaucracy.

Manager 15

Manager Reorganization Scaling Compensation 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Scale should help build influence in highly malleable environments. This can start by creating exploratory metrics and incentives. (3M Google’s recent reorganization into Alphabet now clearly separates the mature search business from exploratory units such as GoogleX. Cultivate shaping capability.

Cash Flow 14

Cash Flow Reorganization Marketing Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

There should be a balance of safety and quality metrics as well as financial. Scale the initiative. By that time, the center had seen 1,500 patients without experiencing any medication reconciliation efforts and 95% of those patients had given their care a top rating of five (on a scale of 1 to 5).

Workflows 12

Workflows Hospitality Benchmarking Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Despite metrics showing impressive overall company performance, the company’s capital deployment strategy was not maximizing shareholder dividends and/or buybacks. Activists look to see if opponents could be combined to form a more productive single entity, one that can capitalize on economies of scale and monopolize a given sector.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Revenue Reorganization 12

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He and his colleagues spend their productive hours scaling large distributed file systems. In this article, I will share the current architecture and some of the lessons we learned scaling it along with some of the things we are looking to improve upon in the near future. How does your system evolve to meet new scaling challenges?

Scaling 21

Scaling Engineering A/B Testing Manager 21

AlignOrg

APRIL 29, 2025

Scale growth? Review Historical Data : Take stock of lessons learned from past reorganizations or structural changes. But be cautiousover-reliance on certain metrics can skew your outlook if you arent considering all angles. Just like Deep Thoughts creators, you need to define the driving forces behind your inquiry.

Reorganization 52

Reorganization Diversity Scaling Organizational Change 52

Kotter Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2025

The blacksmiths foundry had to adapt to new technologies and customer demands on the scale of centuries, while car companies of the mid-20th century had to adapt to changing regulations and customer preferences on the scale of decades.

Reorganization 52

Reorganization Operations Organizational Change Scaling 52

AIHR

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Good metrics to quantify this skill are things like an increase in usage, feedback score of a new process, and rolling out within a tight timeframe. How to showcase it in your resume : Outline what data metrics you tracked and if that led to any improvements in processes.

Performance Review 52

Performance Review Compensation Scaling Engineering 52