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Leave Your Title at the Door and Remove the Door From It's Hinges

Idea Champions

Southwest Airlines also understands this. And so, I decided to share my title-changing revelation with my colleagues -- the "Senior Consultant," the "Webmaster," the "Chief Technology Officer," and the "Director of Operations.". Here's what they told me: - Chief Enlightenment Officer.

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Big Data's Management Revolution

Harvard Business Review

airline learned from an internal study that about 10% of the flights into its major hub had at least a 10-minute gap between the estimated time of arrival and the actual arrival time — and 30% had a gap of at least five minutes — it decided to take action. So when a major U.S. When did it actually land?".

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. These "channel" systems helped steer business to American Airlines.