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Intent vs. Impact

CaseInterview.com

If you didn’t mean to punch somebody else in the face, whether you meant to or not is of little importance to the person’s face on the other end of your fist. This means that when you mess up, you recognize it, take ownership of your mistake, and make efforts to make things right to the extent possible.

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Parable of the Sadhu

Tom Spencer

In this article, I want to share with you what I found to be the simplest yet most interesting ethics case during my MBA. Individual vs corporate goals. Public vs private decisions. Often what we say we will do publicly and what we actually do in private are two different things. Parable of the Sadhu.

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How Value and Cost of Delay—Not Cost Savings—Applies to Centralization Decisions, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

See Predicting the Unpredictable for what teams can do.) If you want to make better portfolio decisions faster, read Manage Your Project Portfolio. But the math is what's most interesting. If you prefer a $100k yearly salary, use $2000/week per person. Probably what these managers said to me.

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How I Ditched the Fear of Being Seen and Launched my REAL Business

Consulting Matters

The team was poring over the guest research when the most senior operations and creative executives looked at each other across the table and said at the same time, “You know what – we need to be a DISNEY theme park.” Just like Disney’s Animal Kingdom – it’s not that what I created was wrong.

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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

While I remember hearing those words regularly as a consultant, I’ve more recently come to appreciate what those CEOs meant. I’ll give you a simple example of perspective. What do we do? What else can we do other than be better than our competitors?”. Suddenly, it was obvious what they needed to do.

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The Importance of Perspective

CaseInterview.com

While I remember hearing those words regularly as a consultant, I’ve more recently come to appreciate what those CEOs meant. I’ll give you a simple example of perspective. What do we do? What else can we do other than be better than our competitors?”. Suddenly, it was obvious what they needed to do.

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What Do You Need to Know to Price More Effectively?

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Skip this if you’ve heard the story before, but the greatest question I ever learned to ask is: “What kind of gin do you prefer?”. So, what happened? Then, I said, “How much impact would it have if we just asked folks what kind of gin they like in their G&T?”. In a mixed drink, you are talking about $.05-.10

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