Recently my Bain & Company colleagues Eric Almquist, Jamie Cleghorn and Lori Sherer described this research in Harvard Business Review, presenting a new way of evaluating the dimensions of what a business customer values by organizing those values into a pyramid inspired by psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Source
“The key here is to make it easier for employees to get things done when and where they need to–whether that’s by making documents accessible via the cloud or investing in an online collaboration tool that allows employees to easily connect regardless of location. This, of course, brings up the debate on working from…
“Spillover” from certain coworkers can boost our productivity—or jeopardize our employment. What’s more, our work neighbors can actually change how well we do our own jobs. Researchers looked at the 25-foot radius around high-performers at a large technology firm and found that these workers boosted performance in coworkers by 15 percent. That “positive spillover” translated…
Bain & Company’s research on what consumers value shows how people benefit in multiple ways from digital technology. It reduces cost, saves time, integrates sources of information, connects, organizes, informs and provides access to previously hard-to-find data and expertise — all “elements of value” that have direct application to both consumer and B2B purchasing and product…
Productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, is a key factor determining an economy’s growth potential. The economy’s potential to grow is governed by two major factors: growth of the labor force growth in productivity
Secret #1: They focus on minutes, not hours. Secret #2: They focus only on one thing. Secret #3: They don’t use to-do lists. Secret #4: They beat procrastination with time travel. Secret #5: They make it home for dinner. Secret #6: They use a notebook. Secret #7: They process email only a few times a…
“The researchers found that two factors have the biggest effect on a region’s success (read, high productivity per worker): the younger and more educated its population, the higher the productivity. Other factors, such as population density and proximity to other economically dynamic regions, proved far less important.” Source
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