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Our engineering ratchet

Seth Godin Blog

Quietly, over the last thirty years, engineering has become dramatically more efficient and effective. Insulated glass, cars that don't break down, keyboards with just the right feel to them… Mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering are all moving faster than ever.

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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

Take the following six-question survey to determine and benchmark your likelihood of experiencing gratitude. 2023 Work in America Survey: Workplaces as engines of psychological health and well-being. Gratitude involves both the ability to acknowledge the good in your life and feeling a sense of thankfulness. The Adecco Group.

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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

Businesses that use cost-plus pricing might include manufacturing or engineering firms that have significant and sometimes highly variable production costs. This pricing strategy is intended to be simple and ensure the business both covers its overheads and generates a certain profit margin.

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Five Ways to Spur Lean in the Office

Markovitz Consulting

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. How long does the item of work—an invoice, a customer order, an engineering change order, etc.—sit

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees. Do you want to benchmark your career with the habits of extraordinarily successful people? This list goes on, but you get the picture. CEOs focus on data, facts, figures, and metrics. Want to really advance your career?

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How to De-Risk Working with a Freelance Management Consultant

Comatch

Consider examples like data analysis experts, Google search engine advisors, and CRM strategists. Benchmarking: When projects require extensive back-office or benchmarking figures, it may make sense to rely on a more traditional consulting firm. Independent consultants aren’t likely to have benchmark data on hand.

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Building a Business – One Knock at a Time

Martinka Consulting

The benchmark in my industry seems to be you have to spend about 33% of your time marketing once you’re established. Partners in law, accounting, and engineering firms have to generate business, which means they speak, network, ask for referrals, etc. Ambition is a dream with a V-8 engine.” Compare this to other businesses.