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 243

Scaling Variable Costs Culture Change Metrics 243

AIHR

MARCH 30, 2021

Cost per Hire = Sum of recruiting costs ÷ Number of hires. Hiring Budget , a measure recently devised by SmartRecruiters , benchmarks recruiting costs to the variable costs of different types of roles. Hiring Budget = Total recruiting costs ÷ New hire payroll.

Recruitment 137

Recruitment Benchmarking Metrics Onboarding 137

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

For example] the longer term payback on solar helps us get to scale down the road.". In essence, Bedore was saying that Walmart recognizes that it can help take the solar market to scale, thus lowering its costs in the future. The company can also reap the immediate variable cost benefits of free power.

ROI 15

ROI Variable Costs Energy Scaling 15

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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The scale and pace of change I'm describing is not a fantasy — it has already happened elsewhere. The cost of using renewable energy, either through power purchasing agreements that cost nothing up front or through direct investment, is dropping fast. Better yet, zero is a predictable cost, which CFOs love.

Energy 10

Energy Variable Costs Media Revenue 10