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4 steps to reduce the risk of systemic failures

Association Success

The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a teachable moment about the obscure risks of highly interconnected and interdependent systems. Here are some strategies to mitigate ‘Too Big to Fail’ in your technology stack: 1. Perform scenario analysis to examine where an outage or failure will cause problems.

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Membership Marketing Blog: How to Recognize a Good Strategy?

Membership Marketing

How to Recognize a Good Strategy? We are told that the organization is going to launch a bold new strategy. In sports, we see the impact of strategy played out in game situatons right before our eyes. ” All of these items have their place, but they should not be mistaken for a strategy. .” “1.

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Have too much to do? You're doing to much

Jamie Notter

Maybe that determination–that complicated cost/benefit analysis that distinguishes between “must have” and “nice to have,” is more difficult these days because the world is so complex. December 2007 (8). November 2007 (14). October 2007 (12). September 2007 (17). August 2007 (18).

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Membership Marketing Blog: What Strategy Leads to Membership.

Membership Marketing

What Strategy Leads to Membership Growth? In our Membership Marketing Benchmarking Study this year, we asked participants to tell us their membership growth strategy. Labels: 2010 Benchmarking Survey , Growing Membership , Growth Strategy. What Strategy Leads to Membership Growth? ► 2007. (51). Publications.

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Generational Diversity in 50 Minutes

Jamie Notter

They just pick random years to assign generations (or assign them based on demographic trends, like number of people born in a given year) and then do an analysis of survey data. December 2007 (8). November 2007 (14). October 2007 (12). September 2007 (17). August 2007 (18). July 2007 (13).

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Moneyball and Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

Strategy Means Change. Baseball is suited for deep, thorough statistical analysis because of the duration of the season and standardization, depth and accuracy of records. December 2007 (8). November 2007 (14). October 2007 (12). September 2007 (17). August 2007 (18). July 2007 (13).

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Preparing for an Entirely New Economy

Jamie Notter

” My analysis: it was really bad and World War 2 (and the manufacturing economy spurred by the war) got us out of it. Strategy Means Change. { December 2007 (8). November 2007 (14). October 2007 (12). September 2007 (17). August 2007 (18). July 2007 (13). June 2007 (17).