Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2024

A seasonal business primarily derives its income during specific peak periods, which can span from weeks to a few months. Industries facing this cyclicality are diverse, from snow removal services and ice cream shops to Halloween stores and Christmas tree farms. Then there are those driven by government or deadline-based needs, such as accounting services during tax season.

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LEAN Industry Company Management 136

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 7, 2024

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you want new behavior, you must embrace conflict. If you can’t tolerate the conflict, you’ll do what you did last time. If your point of view angers half and empowers everyone else, you made a difference. If your point of view meets with 100% agreement, you wasted everyone’s time.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2024

Designing an inclusive interview process for disabled people and people with different learning styles both widens the talent pool and creates a more equitable workplace.

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How To Design Learning Management 130

Kainexus

JUNE 7, 2024

Organizations that embrace the continuous improvement approach to business have many great tools and techniques from which to choose. Some organizations use them as part of a structured methodology like Lean, Six Sigma, or Toyota Kata. Others leverage them on their own. Every organization has unique needs and will need to adjust each method for their own environment, but the most popular techniques are flexible enough to be used by organizations of every size and in every industry.

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LEAN Tools Industry Management 64

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2024

Retailers might think that bigger discounts attract more customers. But new research suggests that’s not always true. Sometimes, a smaller discount that looks more precise — say 6.8% as compared to 7% — can make people think the deal won’t last long, and they’ll buy more. In a series of nine experimental studies involving around 2,000 individuals considering online or retail purchases of a variety of products, the authors found precise discount depths — the difference between the original and sa

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ITONICS

JUNE 7, 2024

An innovation strategy outlines the key areas a firm invests in because it believes these areas will help it fulfill its ambition. Finding the right level and areas of investment can be challenging due to the various options and uncertainties surrounding everything new. This article explains how a firm’s ambition, biography, and industry clock speed define the formulation of an optimal innovation strategy.

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