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Businesses must adapt to women, who control 80% of consumer spending and hold significant wealth, as failing to do so risks missing substantial opportunities in a market increasingly influenced by empowered female consumers and employees.
The investing gap between men and women, driven by a male-dominated financial services industry that emphasizes competition over personal goals, costs women significantly over their lifetimes, as they are often motivated by specific financial aspirations rather than traditional investment metrics.
Customer loyalty is essential for competitive success, and ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott emphasizes three best practices to achieve it: segment your marketplace, understand your competition, and treat customers with dignity and respect to build lasting goodwill.
In a global market, organizations must navigate opportunities and pitfalls by enhancing their global intelligence (GQ) through empathy, understanding, and authentic experiences to effectively adapt strategies and connect with diverse customers and cultures.
Ethical companies should consider the cognitive burden their products impose, as limited bandwidth can hinder marginalized populations from navigating administrative barriers, leading to distributional unfairness and potential human rights violations, necessitating thoughtful design to ensure equitable access.
Professor Cass Sunstein discusses how companies use “sludge” to complicate unsubscribing, manipulating consumer behavior against their interests, while advocating for “choice architecture” that promotes beneficial defaults and simplifies decision-making while preserving user freedom.