Benchmarking is a critical first step in identifying opportunities for process improvement. Used correctly, benchmarking allows companies to compare their processes versus the best practices in their industry and develop a road map of how to adopt best practices...
I am live blogging from Finovate Startup in San Francisco. Jim Bruene and his team at NetBanker have gathered 40 startups, rebrandings, and company debuts in online banking and finance. Each participant has a brief 5 minutes to demo their product so I’ll be typing as...
This is a follow up to yesterday's post on prediction markets. You can try it yourself - the Freakonomics team have partnered with Predictify on the Freakonomics Prediction Center. And if you want more, Predictify allows you to both ask questions and make...
The November issue of Bank Technology News features an annual listing of the most innovative people, companies, and technologies. The technological strides featured in the ranking include next-generation payments and mobile banking, improved data analysis, more...
Bank Systems & Technology has a thorough article today on the various challenges facing commercial banks as they fight commodization of their core transaction processing capabilities. The need to differentiate on service to overcome product commoditization is...
Over at winmarkets.com a recent post by Nilofer Merchant, a marketing entrepreneur I admire, questions the relevance of Porter's venerable 5 Forces strategic framework in today's Web 2.0 era. Her business focuses on the technology innovators of Silicon...
Promoting Process Improvement Company-wide Increasing responsibility for operations efficiency and performance management requires a more proactive approach than finance has traditionally held. Financial professionals have a uniquely analytical skill set and holistic...
Increasingly CFOs are utilizing coaches to improve performance and meet the demands of c-suite jobs. Tiger Woods has one, Lance Armstrong has one, do you need a coach? "Over the last five years, we have probably seen more people come in for coaching who are in...
For the avid readers out there here are a few round ups of the best business books released in 2006: Tom Peter's Notable Books 2006 Fast Company: Best Business Books of 2006 Slideshow Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2006 (free registration) Business...
The NYTimes DealBook blog describes the stunned, puzzled reaction on Wall Street to Craigslist. The SF based internet company - with its devoted following of apartment seekers, job hunters, online daters, garage-emptiers, and bargain sleuths - is interested in...
