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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

Ideal backgrounds include business communication, public relations, marketing, journalism, and advertising. Gaining work experience can allow you to position yourself as a low-risk hire who can hit the ground running from day one by operating independently and delivering value without extensive handholding and supervision.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated time out of the office costs. Here are a few of the attributes you should consider when hiring a virtual coach: Virtual Coach Attribute #1: Qualification A good virtual coach is a trained and qualified coach. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 63, 243–253.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). Kollmann, T., Stöckmann, C., &

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Future of Healthcare: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Tom Spencer

Medical student education and resident training, patient therapy, and physician operations are three segments in healthcare with high growth potential for VR and AR technologies. Medical Student and Resident Training. His free moments are spent traveling and enjoying sporting events with his wife and daughter.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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Robot Taxis Starting 2016 in Japan; Self-Driving Trucks on German Autobahn; Millions of Truck and Taxi Driver Jobs will Vanish in US by 2025

MishTalk

Autonomous taxis will operate in test mode next year with a goal of full production by 2020. The company says it will seek to offer unmanned cabs to users including travelers from overseas and locals in areas where buses and trains are not available. It's just a test, but it won't take five years for live operation.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. Some comparable firms include Analysis Group, Inc.,