Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). Conclusion.

Consulting 135

Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

MishTalk

JANUARY 21, 2014

The chances are that the global economy, weighted by nominal GDP at current exchange rates, will grow at 2 percent Globalization, turbo-powered by information technology, has cut short the feedback loop between demand stimulus and supply response. Multinational companies were fanning out to diversify their production bases and markets.

Information Technology 74

Information Technology Information Technology Financial Policies 74

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

This difference in strategy means that business users are more likely to have access to a consistent set of up-to-date metrics for decision making, and the organization can generate predictions about their business from data they collect. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models.

Company 28

Company Operations Data Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2017

By any metric, opioid-related overdoses in the United States have reached epidemic proportions. This requires investments in data infrastructure and health information technology to measure real-time opioid prescribing patterns. PDMP data could also be used to rapidly evaluate the effectiveness of new interventions or policies.

Comparison 28

Comparison Policies Examples Information Technology 28

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

.” When the company upgraded its commercial insurance line for small businesses a few years ago, the agents jammed internal call centers with questions about how the policies worked and how to set sales quotes. The cost of simply expanding the call centers was prohibitive. Don’t make your AI too lite.

Company 28

Company Knowledge Base Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The goal should be to keep children on a trajectory to becoming productive, successful, healthy adults rather than just treating them when they are sick. Still, these metrics have yet to include broader measures of wellness such as academic achievement, involvement in crime, or job outcomes (i.e., health care outcomes.

Metrics 30

Metrics Efficiency System Development 30