Tue.Jun 27, 2023

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A Flow Chart for Your Consulting Firm’s Success

David A Fields

You make decisions in the course of creating value for your consulting firm’s clients. That decision-making ability can be captured in a simple, powerful format that will reduce your labor intensity and, potentially, attract clients. If your consulting firm assesses situations and dispenses advice (e.g., “Your cookies are too soft because the oven is overheated; … Continued The post A Flow Chart for Your Consulting Firm’s Success appeared first on David A.

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A Short Rant About AI and Intellectual Property Theft

Johanna Rothman

Several people have contacted me recently about “missing” articles on this site. They say, “Here's a URL and why isn't the article there?” The article isn't there because I didn't write it. Yet. But the people contact me because the LLMs (Large Language Models) claim I have written these articles. How did the LLMs do that? They scraped my site with all of my writing so they could predict the article exists.

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If You Don’t Embrace Generative AI Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later

Henry DeVries

Generative AI has been a disrupting force lately, and it is not going to slow down. Warning: if you are not already on board, you need to catch up quickly.

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Marketing When Budgets Are Down

Harvard Business

The general rule of enterprise finance is that marketing budgets drop like a stone at the first sign of trouble and rise like a feather once the environment is more settled. In mid-2023 we’re far from a settled state — projected GDP growth in western markets is depressingly flat, inflation is proving to be rather stubborn, and those disruptions just keep on coming.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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The High Cost of Ethics Lapses in Consulting

The Consultants Peer Group

Oh my, here we go again. CNN just reported that PwC is selling one of its government advisory businesses in Australia for just ‘cents’ after a scandal wrecked its reputation. In my one of my previous blogs, Consulting Ethics Challenges , June 14, 2023, I wrote about the major problems PwC’s government advisory services was having in Australia. And, it was a mess; now it is worse.

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US Business Expansion Assistance Through Localized Help

Business Consulting Agency

The United States has long been an attractive destination for entrepreneurs and businesses seeking to expand their operations. However, entering the US market can be challenging due to its complex regulatory environment, cultural diversity, and fierce competition. Find out more about the difficulties associated with doing business in the US and how working with local business consultants through consulting services can significantly enhance your chances of success.

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Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Venture Capital to Scale

Harvard Business

A conversation with ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero on profitability from the get-go.

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Reality as reassurance

Seth Godin Blog

Culture makes it tempting (and easy) to insulate ourselves from reality. Credit card debt is an invisible burden, until it’s not. Ignoring the changes in our climate makes our days easier, but not our years. We can avoid the bank balance, not work on the annual budget and ignore the results of that ad we just ran. It’s tempting because the reality we create for ourselves can provide a sort of shock absorber, allowing us to focus on how we’d like things to be, as opposed to how

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How Ecodesign Can Help the Environment and Your Bottom Line - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Siemens.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Does Your Company Have an India Strategy?

Harvard Business

Multinationals that don’t have a plan for building subsidiaries in the country risk missing out on one of the most promising market opportunities in the world today.