Fri.Jul 21, 2023

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How To Write A Consulting Case Study: Guide, Template, & Examples

Consulting Success

When you deliver a successful project, do you publish a consulting case study about it? A consulting case study is a short story about a successful project that explains… The problem your client was dealing with before hiring you; your expertise and process for solving that problem; and the results your expertise and process created.

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10 Ways that AI is Turbocharging Productivity

Tom Spencer

In Lewis Carroll’s novel Through the Looking-Glass the Red Queen tells Alice, “it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” In today’s fast-paced business environment, the Red Queen’s warning rings frighteningly true. Artificial intelligence is a game changing technology that fundamentally changes the rate at which work can be completed.

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Tap Existing Resources to Save Money on Your Technology Project

PM Alliance

Technology projects are often high risk, high visibility, and high dollar. The budget element alone can make strategic modernization projects difficult to execute, but you may be able to uncover cost-saving opportunities by assessing your existing internal resources. Many companies have a variety of skills and experience in-house, and you might find some individuals with the right background to contribute to your initiative.

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Clean Tech Consulting: Adapting to Seize Opportunities

Tom Spencer

In an era marked by growing environmental concerns and shifting consumer expectations, clean tech has emerged as a critical driver of business success. Beyond its undeniable environmental benefits, clean tech also offers businesses a source of significant cost savings, competitive advantage, and long-term sustainability. As businesses increasingly recognize the potential of clean tech, consulting firms play a vital role in guiding organizations towards successful adoption.

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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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Research: A Little Nature in the Office Boosts Morale and Productivity

Harvard Business

Research on “micro-nature” — the incorporation of small, affordable natural elements into workplaces — demonstrates its positive impact on employee performance and well-being. Studies show exposure to nature at work boosted productivity, helpfulness, and creativity, with no evidence of negative effects. Recommendations include both real and artificial nature, extending beyond the office environment, utilizing underused spaces, and encouraging nature exposure outside work hours.

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Companies Need to Prove They Can Be Trusted with Technology

Harvard Business

Trust in technology — and the companies that use it — has taken a hit over the past few years. Transgressions against individuals’ privacy, calcification of corporate or individual biases into life-altering algorithms, constant threats that new tech erodes their ability to make a living, and beta testing unsecured or faulty connected devices or vehicles on an unsuspecting populace have encouraged healthy skepticism.

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Summer reading!

Ben de Haldevang

Afternoon all, this week Abhay Pande, David Boyd and I talk about some recommended ‘light’ reading for any aspiring transformation director, CEO, or entrepreneur engaging in the Mergers & Acquisition world. We cover everything from applied strategy to behavioural economics and the challenge of change. Have a read, let us know what you’d include on your list, and give us your thoughts.

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What Happens After the U.S. Economy’s Soft Landing?

Harvard Business

A year ago, a recession was seen as a foregone conclusion — and yet the Fed appears to have successfully lowered inflation without triggering a recession. Many of the negative forecasts followed a pattern of underestimating the U.S. economy’s resilience, typically because they were based on historical models and precedent, not situational and idiosyncratic context.

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The Beatles and Taylor Swift

Seth Godin Blog

When we’re in the middle of a cultural swirl, it’s normal to believe that everyone else is too. That’s part of the magic of a cultural swirl–it’s our friends, our work, our world. Most of these moments are actually tiny pockets. An episode of the much-talked-about TV show Succession was seen by about 3,000,000 people when it aired, compared to an episode of Gilligan’s Island or the Monkees, which reached fifteen times as many people in the US with each episode

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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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How to Generate Referrals Without Asking

Successful Independent Consulting

Part 2: Three Steps for Getting Referrals with Your Own Plan Last month, we took our first look at insights from Stacey Brown Randall’s webinar, “How to Generate Referrals Without Asking.” We discovered her penetrating critiques of referral-generating “best practices,” and we learned about the science of referrals. ( Read Part 1 here.) Ultimately, we discovered that the common wisdom isn’t so wise, and that the best referral-generating strategies are the ones that empower referrers to serve thei

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