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UK 2014 Consulting Bootcamp Tour Recap

Management Consulted

It’s good to travel with an ex-consultant! We had an awesome presentation to a full room of ~80 students at King’s College London – and sadly, we forgot to take any pictures of the event (just caught the train ride in). Thank you, Delta Platinum status! You’ve treated us right for many years.

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#CrisisRoundup of Awesome Links: Weeks of September 15 and 22, 2014

Melissa Agnes

However, through my travels, I never got around to publishing a #CrisisRoundup last week so, here is my roundup from the past two weeks. What monitoring tools will best help you succeed at this task and how should you go about training your team? A wonderful experience, both professionally and personally! How about you? Listen here.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Even for such a high travel firm, which we’ll discuss below, they all seem to be so gosh darn chummy with each other. Travel – Now don’t get us wrong, warning a prospective consultant about travel is a bit like warning trainee surgeon that they may see blood once in a while. 2014: “Woman of the Year in Restructuring.”

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Driverless Trains: Why Does Chicago (US in General) Lag London (Europe Europe in General)?

MishTalk

Driverless trains are about to make a big impact in London. The Telegraph reports New 'Driverless' Tube trains unveiled by TFL. That article is from October 2014, recently sent to me by a reader. The trains are fully automated, but will initially be manned. By the mid-2020s the trains will be totally driverless.

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German Reader on "Political Correctness"; Denmark Cancels All Trains From Germany; Juncker Pleads for Compulsory Refugee Quotas

MishTalk

Denmark Cancels Trains For Indefinite Period The BBC reports Denmark-Germany Rail Links Suspended Denmark's DSB rail operator said trains to and from Germany had been suspended for an indefinite period because of exceptional passport checks. The fines, however, are hardly punitive.

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Conversation with North Highland

Tom Spencer

Examples of this include our strategy and advisory group, launched in 2014, and we’ve seen tremendous interest in that offering. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at North Highland? Tom: What is the firm’s travel model? Our Managed Services offering was launched in the U.S.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

While you will be working side by side with the firm’s top guns and while you will be working on some very interesting projects, Alvarez & Marsal offers very little in terms of formal training. While you can and should expect to travel a lot, they do try to keep travel regional, so you won’t be crossing time zones every 4 days.