Aspirant Blog

July 10, 2019

Competition Makes You Better

It’s easy for us to view competition as “the reason we can’t charge more.” However, if you only view competition through this lens, you will continue slashing your prices until you’re unprofitable. We must recognize that competition doesn’t only force companies to cut their prices (and profits). Competition drives companies to be better, and thus serve their customers better.

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July 2, 2019

Wargaming in Business to Get a Competitive Advantage

Staying Ahead of the Competition There are several options in any organization’s toolbelt when it comes to identifying, targeting, and eventually selling to a key market segment. Most of these combine consumer feedback with meaningful data. However, if you find that competitors seemingly are always a step ahead of you, then one of the best ways to start moving ahead in your market is by thinking like them.

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June 21, 2019

Three Web-Based Tactics to Get a Pulse on Your Place in the Market

Nearly every open market has a leader. Typically, the number two and three spots can also be strong positions for a firm to occupy, especially if the market is still growing. While these positions are said to all be “strong,” the correct strategy for increasing or maintaining market share will vary greatly from the 1st to 3rd position, with the strategies varying to an even greater degree between the 1st and 33rd position. Where your company stands among its competitors matters across a wide range of variables and inputs, and it can impact everything from your procurement office’s ability to implement strategy to your marketing spending across different platforms and regions.

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June 19, 2019

Do You Have a Clear View of Your Market?

You may know your company inside and out, but it is much more difficult to know the moving pieces in the industry around you. By industry knowledge, we don’t necessarily mean well-worn metrics like annual forecast demand or largest buyers, though these are important. Rather, we’re referring to a deeper knowledge of the market’s ins and outs: current and future players, underlying trends, weaknesses, and possible disruption points. While it may seem like a lot of work to stay up-to-date on market forces and your competitors, it’s definitely worthwhile to maintain a macro-level perspective of business activity occurring around you and your company.

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April 2, 2019

CHROs: Are You Sitting at the Conference Table or the Kid’s Table?

While everyone recognizes the need for a solid HR department headed up by a reliable CHRO, they can often get left out of the broader strategic company loop. As a CHRO, it’s important to make room for yourself at the conference table so you’re not only always aware of business decisions and strategies, but can contribute to them as well. In other words, what can you do to ensure that you’re not only advocating for yourself and your department, but demonstrating value and providing insights for the company as a whole?

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April 2, 2019

What is Technical Debt

Similar to financial debt, technical debt isn’t automatically bad. Well managed tech debt can bring your company great benefits. Basically, technical debt is the result of development teams who push to rush a project in a knowingly imperfect manner to achieve a deadline. It’s the result of a company choosing speed over quality. It can also sometimes be referred to as design debt or code debt. There are three basic kinds of tech debt: Intentional, Unintentional, and Unavoidable.

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March 18, 2019

3 Questions to Gauge If Your HR Team is Delivering Value

The early stages of a business are great way for any department, especially HR, to demonstrate company-wide value. However, when things start to stabilize and the growth cycle plateaus, how does your HR department continue to show just how important you are? And you are important!

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March 13, 2019

Tracking Goals Between Formal Progress Meetings

  It’s typical for companies to look at their goals’ progress on a quarterly basis. While this can be helpful, it results in having to wait 3, 6, even 9 months to make adjustments if you’re not making progress. So, now is always the time to think about your goals.

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March 13, 2019

Establishing Benchmarks for your MDM Strategy Team

Strategically placed milestones and benchmarks can make a huge difference to the success of your Master Data Management team. All endeavors benefit from motivation. A large project that impacts your entire organization such as an MDM solution is no exception. You need to have some quick wins scattered throughout the project to prove value early on.

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April 2, 2019

Building the Best Team for Your Master Data Management Strategy

When you are planning to implement a Master Data Management strategy in your business you need to make sure you have the right team assisting with the process. MDM big, complex and important. Plus, it’s getting bigger every year. The MDM market is expected to have a 15.6% CAGR over the next five years. Having the right people involved from the start can make a world of difference when you take on an MDM project.

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