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Chris Hoff’s Guide for Consultants and Coaches Navigating Radical Change

Consulting Matters

Chris sheds light on our collective discomfort with uncertainty and how coaching and consulting can train us to build resilience during such tricky times. His formal education includes a Ph.D. First coined by Arnold Van Gennep, it is a fascinating term that captures the transitional phase between what was and what is yet to be.

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Paying Skilled Workers More Would Create More Skilled Workers

Harvard Business

Nevertheless, few would argue that information technology permanently increased unemployment. So proposed solutions tend to involve reforming education and worker training programs. In the 1980s, for instance, organizations could train their typists in word processing or keep some typist positions open.

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The Fight of The Two R’s: Robots v Redundancy

Tom Spencer

Health care: Not only is AI making it possible for people to use personal health monitoring devices and gain real time access to electronic health records but AI is also augmenting the skills and expertise of trained medical doctors by providing health data and insights in a range of areas including oncology and medical imaging. References.

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In Search of the Magic Wand: Career Change at Age 45 Possible?

MishTalk

Thanks, Mark Formal Education is No Magic Wand Hi Mark Unfortunately, and in spite of what the education industry would like you to believe, I present a sobering reality: A career change at age 45 or even 55 is possible, but extremely difficult. Traditional education is highly unlikely to give you the skills you need.

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Your Biggest Cybersecurity Weakness Is Your Phone

Harvard Business

Executives are wrestling with managing a proliferation of devices, protecting data, securing networks, and training employees to take security seriously. The solution is following security best practices, protecting corporate data, and educating humans — the real weakest link. Educate employees and upper management.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

BearingPoint partners with the major technological suppliers, like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, to develop solutions and strategies suiting their clients’ requirements. Information Technology. Lots of excellent training is available and other co-consultants are very helpful. Practice Areas.

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Who Killed the GE Model?

Harvard Business

Fourth, some argued that GE’s advantage lay in its system of professional management, epitomized by its investments in executive education and management development. These strategies eroded GE’s competitive advantage in everything from consumer electronics and home appliances to trains and aircraft engines.