A recent Inc article argued that RFP responses are a waste of time. Having worked on proposals in the federal sector for the last 15+ years, here’s my 7 reasons why your business should respond to RFPs.
Big data? Big deal. Just another means to make poor decisions from ‘garbage-in, garbage-out’ data quality, except on a grander scale. Now, more than ever, it’s vitally important to ensure data quality to support business decisions.
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To paraphrase an old cliche, 95% of humans involved in strategic decision making are influenced by personal values, the other 5% are lying about it. There’s no such thing as purely rational strategic decision making when humans are part of the process. Whether strategic decision making occurs individually or as a group, personal values play a pivotal role.
4G LTE offers facility based carriers great opportunities for recurring profits from build-out of network capacity for wireless carriers, but it also carries risk of lost profits. What are the key risks to consider in a network pricing model? Continue reading
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What might start as a routine project financial analysis to conduct a ‘sanity check’ can be transformed into a strategic dialog and require a strategic decision. Or, a decision to initiate a project can sometimes shift into a strategic decision. When either situations occur, ‘the perfect number’ becomes secondary. The bigger strategic questions to ask are how the project investment affects either the buyer’s or the seller’s organization. What are other examples when a shift from a tactical project decision to a strategic decision might occur? Here are six ways a project decision can become a strategic decision.