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December 7, 2015

Blinded by Statistical Significance

Putting too much stock in an arbitrary threshold may lead to bad decisions.

Shareholder Activism
December 7, 2015

Who Else Is Affected by Activist Investors?

Debtholders are bystanders with a lot on the line.

Two people collaborate online.
December 7, 2015

A Gentle Nudge Can Increase Participation in MOOCs

Reminders to collaborate benefit students in massive open online courses.

Our mobile consumer behavior determines how we shop on phones.
December 7, 2015

How We Shop Differently on Our Phones

What’s in your cart? Depends on the device you are using.

People enjoying social responsible wine.
December 7, 2015

You Can Taste the Benevolence

If your customers know you donate to charity, will they like your products more?

December 7, 2015

Design Thinking Isn’t Always the Answer

The most durable solutions for social change come from within communities.

Building an analytics team will help grow your business.
December 7, 2015

Tips for Building an Analytics Team

How to hire and keep data analytics superstars.

Identify MacGyvers/intrapreneurs and put them in charge of leading innovation.
December 1, 2015

Does Your Company Need a “MacGyver”?

A scrappy insider might be the best innovator for your business.

illustration of a woman wearing a backpack leaving office cubicle with map unfolded.
November 3, 2015

A DIY Guide to Career Growth

Eight ways to develop your potential—instead of waiting for your manager to take the lead.

November 2, 2015

To Grow Your Company, Create Products from Services

For service-based businesses, scaling requires a strategy shift.

A retailer picks the MAP pricing policy for his products.
November 2, 2015

When Retail Prices Cross the Line

Manufacturers should be strategic in enforcing minimum advertised price policies.

November 2, 2015

Scaling Tips for Business Growth

A focus on your company’s unique capabilities can lead to sustainable growth.

High frequency traders affect the markets in many ways - in most cases, positively.
November 2, 2015

Do High-Frequency Traders Deserve Their Bad Rap?

Though suspicions abound, HFTs generally help markets function and grow.

A Chief Growth Officer must consider many factors to implement growth strategies.
November 2, 2015

How to Succeed as a Chief Growth Officer

Five ways leaders can challenge the status quo to encourage growth.

Workplace entitlement demonstrated by an opera diva.
November 2, 2015

Does Creativity Breed Entitlement?

Companies that put creative employees on a pedestal encourage bad behavior.

Data scientists are most fulfilled when contributing to company-wide decisions.
October 15, 2015

5 Ways to Attract and Retain Data Scientists

How directly contributing to the business can help analytics talent thrive.

The rotating door of poaching employees can have its benefits
October 5, 2015

Poach Our Employees, Please

How hiring an employee from a related company can directly benefit both the poacher and the poached.

Multitasking to strike a balance between time and workload
October 5, 2015

A Smarter Way to Schedule

What multitaskers can learn from how judges schedule hearings

Retail prices do not proportionately reflect wholesale price changes.
October 5, 2015

What Do Customers Pay When Wholesale Prices Change?

Increases and decreases are not passed through the same way.

An entrepreneur ponders his startup funding strategy
October 5, 2015

When to Pass the Hat

Strategic timing can help startups get the most from their fundraising.

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