Author Archives: Phyllis Ezop

Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer deserves praise. She is saying the right things about what Yahoo must do to regain momentum and put itself on the path to success. Based upon my 25+ years researching business success and failure patterns, what … Continue reading →

Both Southwest Airlines and Google began as entrepreneurial start-ups that grew rather rapidly into major corporations. Both have been extremely successful, even after growing quite large. Both were the subject of articles in the January 14, 2013 issue of Fortune … Continue reading →

I enjoyed the reader comments about data scientists that Harvard Business Review published in its December print edition. These comments addressed articles Harvard had published about Big Data. Some of these comments agree with my earlier blog post where I … Continue reading →

As someone who has studied and analyzed histories of many companies over the past 25 years, I want to praise the article in the December 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review “History as a Leadership Tool” by John T. Seaman … Continue reading →

The October issue of Harvard Business Review featured articles on Big Data. One of them, “Data Scientists: the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” by Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil, discusses the role and skills of data scientists, the … Continue reading →