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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

Recently economists have connected what is now labeled Quiet Quitting to a fall in US labor productivity output. BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. We make a lot of the products you buy better.". What if you developed a verbund talent strategy?

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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

My experience working with a start-up that has found a way to test the enzymatic degradability of different plastics with a hundred times increased efficiency was instructive in spotting the mistakes failed trailblazers often make. Start-up in the Plastics Industry.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While electric vehicles are already replacing conventional automobiles, no electric aircraft is ready for large scale commercial production that can usher in a sustainable revolution in aerospace. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions. Chemical Innovations.

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How Learning and Development Are Becoming More Agile

Harvard Business

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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Consultant Marketing Trust Story

Jerry Fletcher

Here are some of the reasons I’m being asked to present this information: Quotes: In a panel on Lead development I said, “ More is not better. Facts: There is a brain chemical called Oxytocin which under lies our propensity to trust. Scientists have found 8 management behaviors that use Oxytocin balance to make people more productive.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa

Harvard Business

Despite lower oil prices, currency depreciations, higher taxes, and geopolitical uncertainty, the region is still rich in opportunities, from selling efficiency-enhancing technology to the Saudi government to offering Western products to 100 million Ethiopian consumers. Product adaptation.