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Instead of officially lowering its prices, Apple is in talks with retailers and banks to offer holiday deals all year round, according to people familiar with the plans. Those people say Apple is also asking some individual stores to more than quadruple sales targets, to...
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August 17, 2018 Bruce Benson
Communication
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I've found that "having the data" is about half the effort. The other half is not how to make it compelling. The data was always compelling in my experience because it generally showed that we were making poor decisions. That rarely went over well.
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August 11, 2018 Bruce Benson
Metrics
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Face-to-face interactions, as measured by the sociometric badges, emerged as a strong negative predictor of success in the competition.
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June 14, 2018 Bruce Benson
Communication
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Brutal honesty such as "I don't know."
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December 18, 2017 Bruce Benson
Risk Management
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The situation has understandably increased pressure on NASA, which hired Boeing Co. and Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a new generation of vessels to shuttle U.S. astronauts to the station. Both companies are scheduled to fly two test flights next year for NASA’s commercial crew...
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December 6, 2017 Bruce Benson
Risk Management
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Two days after the board of directors issued a statement that its members had no idea of the allegations of abuse by Weinstein, TNY today quoted board member Lance Maerov admitting he had heard of multiple settlements. Even though he added he believed they were...
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November 3, 2017 Bruce Benson
Honesty
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met with Lenovo last year and quizzed the company over how it was responding to Skylake problems. “Lenovo was confused,” claims Thurrott. “No one was having any issues.” It appears Microsoft’s own problems were the result of the company’s unique approach...
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September 21, 2017 Bruce Benson
Communication
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The other thing that I love looking at is how much time am I spending in meetings vs. what I would call focused time. You absolutely need to be in meetings, because, after all, you don’t do a CEO’s job by locking yourself in your...
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September 21, 2016 Bruce Benson
Communication
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Looking at Volkswagen’s practices, one could argue that it didn’t hurt anybody.
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October 21, 2015 Bruce Benson
Leadership
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Last March, Rocky King, executive director of Oregon’s health insurance exchange, predicted that Cover Oregon was about to become the pride of the state. “This is an incredible project” he told … a local health-care news site. … “The state of Oregon is leading the...
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June 9, 2015 Bruce Benson
Risk Management
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More lessons learned and blame shared from the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange failure.
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September 30, 2014 Bruce Benson
Communication
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Yeah, we knew that and thanks for pointing it out to our CEO. Now, maybe we can improve.
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September 25, 2014 Bruce Benson
Communication
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Widely sharing information gets more action than does selectively doling it out.
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September 16, 2014 Bruce Benson
Communication
If you deliver the goods consistently but too quietly, you may find yourself and your organization taken for granted.
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June 3, 2014 Bruce Benson
Communication
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There is a lot of fear among people who have been here for a long time that those from the new generation are a threat to the way things have worked.
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February 27, 2014 Bruce Benson
Change Management
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