David A Fields

AUGUST 15, 2023

Over the long term, is your consulting firm better off contracting with clients to deliver advice or digging into nuts-and-bolts implementation assignments? The answer may surprise you. As a consulting firm leader, important strategic decisions rely on your wisdom. You’re familiar with many of these important, sometimes confusing crossroads, such as… Should your firm focus … Continued The post Which is Better for Your Consulting Firm: Giving Advice or Implementing?

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AUGUST 15, 2023

You have seen a fair share of emails that have gone awry due to the misuse of the "REPLY ALL" option. It's like a game of Jenga, one wrong move and the whole tower comes tumbling down. The same goes for email threads, one wrong "REPLY ALL" and the whole thread becomes a never-ending game of ping-pong. Yikes, what just happened? Imagine you're at a party, and someone starts a conversation with you.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2023

Warning: Rant ahead. Today, I received several chirpy, happy, perky emails from either connections or LinkedIn's email. They all said essentially the same thing: “Hello, friend. What's making you happy or successful today?” I hate these emails. Just hate them. They feel fake to me and worse, they bring out the grumpy in me. And I just realized why.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2023

Advocating for resources goes beyond the act of getting a “yes” to acquire more tools, personnel, or funds. It represents a deep commitment to your team’s success. It shows those you lead that you’re someone who understands their challenges, values their efforts, and is willing to champion their needs. Plus, with more resources at your disposal, your team can work more efficiently, innovate more effectively, and deliver higher-quality results, directly contributing to the bottom line.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Last week, I shared a simple idea that emerged from a ChatGPT conversation: “If each individual were to cultivate a consistent practice of empathy – the ability to understand and share the feelings of others – it could potentially bring about a dramatic and transformative change in society.” But it then it said a little more: “Empathy has the power to bridge divides, promote understanding, and guide actions that contribute to the greater good. “When people truly empathize with others, th

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2023

Organizations designed to support neurodivergent and disabled employees demonstrate how work can “fit” people — not the other way around.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2023

After I spoke with Chad and Jeff on the previous podcast, Deep Dive into Successful Independent Consulting with the Agile Wire , we spoke all about the idea of building products, starting with consulting-based products. See Building the Right Product with Johanna Rothman. Some of our discussion points: Consulting products: how to think about products for consultants How we can think about products for the mass market, and how that might be different from other markets Thinking about when teams n

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2023

How the real estate mogul and TV star manages his time in accordance with his values.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

The average YouTube video gets five new views every day. Let’s parse that for a second. 5 billion YouTube plays a day, spread over about a billion videos means that while some videos live in the short head and get millions of views, there are a huge number of videos that get fewer than a single view each day. At some point, the long tail is so long it ceases to exist.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2023

Insights from the marketer who helped make Crocs and Stanley Cups cool.

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