Peter Winick

JUNE 13, 2024

Exploring the ‘Be Well, Lead Well Pulse Assessment’ A conversation with Renee Moorefield about developing her IP from years of research and scaling it for leaders, teams, and organizations. Wisdom Works is now scaling its impact by working with global organizations, especially in the food and consumer goods industries.

Scaling 247

Scaling Variable Costs Culture Change Metrics 247

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

They have massive amounts of currency (cash and stock); huge storehouses of customer information; and cloud computing resources that make them low-cost providers in any digital endeavor. A virtuous cycle is baked into their strategy: use these resources to achieve scale in ways that help achieve even more scale.

Advertising 16

Advertising Variable Costs Scaling Media 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2015

Vistaprint disrupted local printing shops by offering web-based design and ordering and centralized production, using economies of scale to dramatically reduce costs. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos recommends looking for opportunities to convert capital and fixed expenses into variable costs. Keep the product general.

Small Business 14

Small Business B2B Variable Costs Scaling 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. Through the outsourcing arrangements, Bharti dramatically lowered its costs while ensuring high quality for customers, since vendors had world-class competencies in their domains.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Variable Costs Telecommunications Fixed Costs 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Cloud service providers are increasingly proxies for utilities — they require 100% uptime, significant quantities of their own power, and predictable variable cost (which for renewables is nearly zero). Sales/Becoming the Vendor of Choice.

Energy 16

Energy Variable Costs Travel Operations 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

per month per subscriber, and three movie tickets costs nearly $30, on average, meaning it’s losing nearly $20 per month per subscriber on a variable cost basis. This is a problem that scale (meaning more subscribers) cannot solve. Ticket sales don’t cover the costs of operating a theater.)

Advertising 8

Advertising Variable Costs Revenue Operations 8