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How to Talk to Pigs (and People Too)

CaseInterview.com

I talk to pigs. specifically my daughter’s guinea pigs. More specifically, they talk to me. (No, I’ve learned a lot from talking with pigs. As I read my own words on this topic, I’m somewhat bemused at what talking to pigs has taught me (or at least reminded me) to do. I have a confession.

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Pigs at the Trough: Rating Agencies as Corrupt as Ever

MishTalk

Pigs at the Trough The big rating agencies are as corrupt as ever. That would be like blaming pigs for feeding at the trough. Not so fast, particularly if you’re talking about credit ratings agencies like Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s. Pigs Will Be Pigs Morgenson explains the new SEC findings in detail.

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Why It's Difficult to "Find" Your Passion

CaseInterview.com

She raises 25 fish, six chickens, two guinea pigs, one frog, and one dog. One of my members asked me for a process she could use to “find” her passion. She was having difficulty figuring it out and was looking for help. Some people are fortunate to figure out their passions early in life. My oldest daughter, now a teenager, loves animals.

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Deals Should be Nothing but Common Sense

Martinka Consulting

My rule is, if a buyer is not allowed to talk to the customers (blindly, as a reference check as someone wanting to use the services) the deal is on hold or off. Recently Jessica and I attended a webinar put on by investor Tony Cappaert and his guest Sam Rosati, owner of two light manufacturing businesses.

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How to Have a Good Debate in a Meeting

Harvard Business

To draw them in, try to “warm call” them ahead of the meeting, as one top performer in my study did: “Sometimes I’ll talk to folks in advance of a meeting, saying, ‘Hey, we’re going to have this meeting. The modern workplace is awash in meetings, many of which are terrible.

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How Analytics Has Changed in the Last 10 Years (and How It’s Stayed the Same)

Harvard Business

But we’re here to talk about technology. Since much of big data is relatively unstructured, data scientists created ways to make it structured and ready for statistical analysis, with new (and old) scripting languages like Pig, Hive, and Python. Of course, not everything is different. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work.

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Consultant Marketing Building a List.

Jerry Fletcher

I’m talking actual typed on paper and sent via USPS letters that have a celebratory illustration and a short note that says “Happy Birthday.” I cautioned him when he was talking about sending out Anniversary greetings to the couples he works with. Right, and if pigs had wings…. Analog versus Digital. A brilliant suggestion.