David A Fields

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One way or another, you’re destined to leave your consulting firm. Will you maximize the value you receive upon your exit? Many consulting firm leaders treat their exit plan like dessert at a casual restaurant—ideally it caps off your experience well, but you devote scant attention to the subject until just before it matters. Perhaps … Continued The post How to Maximize the Exit Value of Your Consulting Firm (And Why You Should Plan Now) appeared first on David A.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. I use the ideas of experiments and finalization to decide what to ship and when. That allows me the most flexibility in my product development. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recent research suggests that when resources become limited, many business leaders’ inclinations are to become risk-averse and protect their own interests, fostering a culture of conservatism and prioritizing stability over innovation. In such circumstances, the emphasis often shifts toward preserving existing assets, reducing expenditures, and maintaining the status quo, which can hinder the organization’s ability to adapt, pivot, and thrive in a competitive environment.

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Consultants' Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Consultants Consultant: This theme / idea has recurred across my podcast listening over the past few. The post The same conversation appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2023 China lost the top spot on the list of countries whose companies populate the Fortune Global 500 list, a position it had held since toppling the USA in 2019. Is this an inflection point or will the US (one core at the top) and China exchange the position as they struggle for global economic domination in the decades ahead? This article presents six reasons for believing that China is unlikely to recover the top spot and suggests ways in which US, European, and Japanese firms can exploit

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Working with a condescending coworker is irritating at best and career-limiting at worst. But you don’t need to sit back and suffer. In this article, the author outlines steps you can take to curb your colleague’s bluster or at least lessen its impact on you and your career.

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The Consultants Peer Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 1973 during my first job in management consulting and while facing a decision with a client, my mentor Nathaniel Hill said, “Do you want your actions to be above the fold?” Yes, I’ve been around long enough to remember and appreciate the impact of his reference. This morning, I read The New Republic article (dated February 13, 2024) entitled, “ The American Consulting Firms That Live in Fear of Their Murderous Clients ” * and to which was added a subhead, “What keeps companies like McKinsey i

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

How should Apple CEO Tim Cook manage the tension between iPhone customers’ privacy and public safety?

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The first group cares about the policy. They benefit from it. They’ve organized themselves around it. The second group cares about stability. They have limited bandwidth, and they’re not particularly interested in reconsidering everything, all the time. The third group doesn’t care that much. And the fourth group is harmed by the policy, either directly or indirectly.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A conversation with NYU’s Alison Taylor about navigating tension in the public sphere.

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1 to 1

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If 2023 was a year of revelation, zeal, and anything-is-possible hopes for artificial intelligence’s potential, 2024 is shaping up as a year of action. Twelve months of toe-dipping and healthy scrutiny provided the launchpad to make some real moves with AI in the contact center, according to two customer experience experts on a recent webinar. The growing role of AI in customer interactions is just one of the major 2024 CX trends examined by TTEC’s Nick Cerise, chief marketing officer, and Tom L

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