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Great Digital Companies Build Great Recommendation Engines

Harvard Business Review

Platform companies invest in virtuous cycles to solve problems; more-traditional firms invest in process improvement to solve problems. Could you ask customers if they want email follow-ups or white papers on products or services they’ve expressed behavioral interest in? ” So they did.

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Future-Proof Your Strategy: Capabilities Analysis

UVA Darden

Read more insights in the white paper. How well do your systems automate processes, improve efficiency and connect your people or databases? Remember that you might outsource some of these activity clusters to suppliers or distributors. Identify the core strategic capabilities needed to produce value in each cluster. .

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The Staggering Cost Of Disengaged Employees: How Disengagement Impacts Your Bottom Line

Vantage Circle

Annual cost of unscheduled absences: approximately $2,650 per employee – Circadian White Paper on absenteeism Quantifying the Cost: Data and Statistics on Disengaged Employees So,what is the actual cost of disengagement? economy $84 billion annually.