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As Fed Chair Janet Yellen yapped about the strength of the US economy in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington , the US dollar index briefly surged above a level set in March, to a high last seen in April of 2003. MORE
Based out of Palo Alto, California, Tesla Motors was established in 2003 with offices in 3 countries. Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Tesla Motors. Tesla Motors is an American company that has made waves in the car industry, so much so that General Motors then-Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said in 2007 that this company’s car inspired him to push GM to develop the Chevrolet Volt. . MORE
Founded in 2003, Pacific Strategy Partners has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. Founded in 2003, Momentum Partners has offices in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. About. Book Shop. Archive. Definitions. Helpful Links. Quotes. Subscribe. MORE
Please consider GAO: Feds Made Nearly $1 Trillion in Overpayments Since Fiscal 2003. Since fiscal 2003, “cumulative improper payment estimates have totaled almost $1 trillion,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report. A huge chunk of your tax dollars every year goes straight into the pockets of crooks. Nearly one in three earned income credits (EIC) is fraudulent. MORE
Tableau is a company based out of Seattle Washington, founded in 2003 to commercialize work out of Stanford. Tableau. Yes, this is french for Table. It is also the most user-friendly, powerful, and amazing desktop visualization tool for consultants. Fast-forward 10 … Continue reading → Graphics Analysis Communication Consulting Tools Excel Graphs Learning Management consulting Presentation MORE
Blair Defends Iraq Invasion CTV News reports Former British PM Blair defends 2003 invasion of Iraq. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the West''s failure to intervene in Syria is to blame for the violent insurgency in neighbouring Iraq -- not the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. led intervention in 2003, and is now a Middle East peace envoy. No one suggests the Mideast would be at peace now had we not invaded Iraq in 2003. MORE
Ahead of and shortly after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, a number of officials, including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz suggested the war could be done on the cheap and that it would largely pay for itself. MORE
That was the US Defense Department estimate in 2003. Ahead of and shortly after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, a number of officials, including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz suggested the war could be done on the cheap and that it would largely pay for itself. In March 2003, Mr. Wolfowitz told Congress that " we''re really dealing with a country that could finance its own reconstruction. " MORE
Even "if" home prices continue to rise, projections as to what "may" happen if recent vintages follow the 2003 pattern are invalid because attitudes towards borrowing and lending are not the same now as in 2003. MORE
Because Gallup’s staff were so highly sought after by academic institutions (many come from academia in the first place), the firm opened a 50-acre Gallup University campus on the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska in August 2003. GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. MORE
Today the euro sunk to a low last seen in August of 2003. One euro is now worth $1.10. click on chart for sharper image Apparently this is a "success" even though the ECB was hell bent on "saving the euro" in 2012 when one euro was worth $1.20 or so. MORE
Rather than seeing the new round of sectarian violence in Iraq as another hammer-blow to their 2003 decision to invade the country – as many of their critics do – several key figures in the Bush administration are using the conflict to defend their own records. Another former Bush-era official seeking to re-enter the Iraq debate is Paul Bremer, the former diplomat who was sent to run Iraq shortly after the 2003 invasion. MORE
Seven New Dumping Investigations, Most Since 2003 Actions by the Chinese government to subsidize failed corporations led to seven new … Continue reading → Economics MORE
44 A rent freeze in 2003, led to a 25% decline of rental units. Thanks to inane economic policies enacted by former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and kept in place by current president Nicolás Maduro, it's impossible to find an apartment to rent in Venezuela. Mish-modified translation from Libre Mercado. Renting an apartment in Venezuela is impossible mission. MORE
The relative profitability of OEMs and suppliers (excluding engine manufacturers) has changed little from 2003 through 2014. MORE
Blair acknowledged that there are "elements of truth" in the view that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the principal cause of the rise of ISIS. "Of Of course, you can't say that those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015," he said. Scramble is On November is less than a week away and nighttime temperatures are dropping rapidly. What is Europe supposed to do with hundreds of thousands of migrants in need of shelter? MORE
The Net Promoter Score is a customer loyalty metric originally formulated by Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix in 2003. Hello there! Our awesome intern Preeti is back to bring you her unbiased review of a very unique book: The Ultimate Question 2.0 – How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer Driven World , authored by Fred Reichheld (from Bain and Co.). MORE
Click on Any Chart in this Report to See a Sharper Image Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted Nonfarm Employment January 2003 - October 2014 Nonfarm Employment Change from Previous Month by Job Type Hours and Wages Average weekly hours of all private employees rose by 0.1 MORE
I moved [to Australia] in 2003 and was amazed by the almost complete lack of online anything. (Source: Flickr ). This is the tenth instalment of my conversation with Nigel Lake , CEO of Pottinger , a global corporate advisory firm based in Sydney, Australia. MORE
And in 2003, wages ticked up years after quit rates. Looking for Greener Pastures? A Chicago Fed report investigates Job Switching and Wage Growth. People generally switch jobs by quitting (rather than losing) their previous job. MORE
He sent another lette r to the board, this time saying his decision to support Dugas’ appointment as CEO in 2003 was “ perhaps the biggest mistake of my career.” MORE
Founded in 2003, Pacific Strategy Partners has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. Founded in 2003, Momentum Partners has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. List of Australian Strategy Firms in 2013. BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Australian strategy firms. MORE
This percentage is up marginally from the 67% who last year said their costs increased, but it is generally in line with what Gallup has found in yearly updates since 2003. MORE
As a prime example, when I started as an independent consultant, back in December 2003, one of the main things I did was grant proposal writing. The title of this post is written with tongue in cheek, but it does get to what's often a fine line between consulting and contracting. MORE
Education and Health Services Employment Monthly Change in Thousands The chart appears as if there were several instances of negative numbers in 2003, but a download of the actual data shows the only other negative number in the entire series of data dating back to 1990 occurred in 2003-07-01. MORE
However, something went wrong in 2003. The “All Blacks,” New Zealand’s rugby team, is arguably the most successful sports team in history. Since its founding in 1903, the team has won 77% of its matches. MORE
I built a very big list from 1997 to about 2003. A couple weeks ago I did an interview with an independent professional that just might rock your marketing world. Her name is Teresa Riccobuono and she’s a business consultant and coach for financial advisors. When she explained one of her marketing strategies, I thought, “Wow, you really cracked the code on this!”. MORE
In the second of a two-part interview, Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow describes how analytics has changed baseball—from Moneyball in 2003 to the last out of the 2017 World Series. Insights on Organization MORE
US Dollar Index 15-Minute Chart US Dollar Index Monthly Chart The last monthly close above 100 was in 2003. Following today's jobs report the odds of a December rate hike approached 70% and the US dollar index surged. MORE
Here''s a look at some interesting demographics, comparing 2003 vs. 2013. Number of Households by Age of Head of Household 2013 vs. 2003 The next chart shows the change in number (in thousands), in the age of the head of household. MORE
One of my colleagues at Pottinger held an iPhone in his hand in about 2003, which was four years before Apple had the iPhone, except that the iPhone said Nokia on the bottom of it. (Source: Flickr ). MORE
For a long time researchers have attributed the transformation to federal labor market and welfare reforms enacted, starting in 2003. When Germany’s government under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder implemented the so-called Hartz reforms, in 2003, they were extremely controversial. Did the 2003 Hartz reforms contribute to the recent decline in Germany long-term unemployment? MORE
Founded in 2003, Pacific Strategy Partners has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. Founded in 2003, Momentum Partners has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Source: Flickr ). MORE
And organizations are conscientiously incorporating it into their operating models: in the decade between 2003 and 2013, according to a recent survey, the proportion of respondents adopting a “structured approach” to change management rose from 32% to 80%.4. Focus Thursday, January 05, 2017. MORE
In 2003 author Fred Reichheld introduced 'the ultimate question in his Harvard Business Review article "One Number You Need to Grow." Answers to the question, "What is the likelihood that you would recommend company X to a friend or colleague?" proved to be so powerful in predicting customer behavior and customer loyalty that the question became known as Net Promoter Score and served as a key growth indicator for leaders. MORE
38 2003). In this day and age of hospitals working to provide better care and outcomes for a cheaper price, one of the ways to gauge the impact that the implemented changes are having is through measuring patient satisfaction. MORE
Take the example of Germany: Between 2003 and 2015, R&D expenditure in the business sector increased by 59%, reaching a record high of 157.4 Overall, business R&D increased by 67% between 2003 and 2014. companies with the largest R&D budgets invested 92% more in innovation than in 2003. We are living in the age of the superstar firm. Companies like Samsung, Google, or BMW—the top players in their respective industries—are prospering. MORE
CRB A chart of the Reuters-Jeffries Commodities Index (heavily weighted by oil) shows commodity prices are back a level seen in February 2003. Gold For all the bashing gold has taken in mainstream media, one might have thought gold would also be back at 2003 prices. MORE
Initial Reaction Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 192,000 nearly matching the Bloomberg Consensus expectation of 200,000. Revisions to January and February added another 37,000 jobs. Private employment, which excludes government jobs, surpassed the pre-recession peak for the first time. MORE
Net Promoter Score (NPS) - which measures the likelihood of a customer to recommend a company a friend or a colleague - has provided businesses with a lot of benefits since it was first introduced by Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix in 2003. MORE
US S&P 500 down 1.1% (market still open) US DOW down 1.0% (market still open) US Dollar 15-Minute Chart After surging yesterday to a high last seen in March of 2003, the dollar index pluinged 2% over the course of four hours today. MORE
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AUGUST 5, 2014
Here''s a look at some interesting demographics, comparing 2003 vs. 2013. Number of Households by Age of Head of Household 2013 vs. 2003 The next chart shows the change in number (in thousands), in the age of the head of household.
MishTalk
OCTOBER 4, 2015
Please consider GAO: Feds Made Nearly $1 Trillion in Overpayments Since Fiscal 2003. Since fiscal 2003, “cumulative improper payment estimates have totaled almost $1 trillion,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report. A huge chunk of your tax dollars every year goes straight into the pockets of crooks. Nearly one in three earned income credits (EIC) is fraudulent.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 2, 2015
As Fed Chair Janet Yellen yapped about the strength of the US economy in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington , the US dollar index briefly surged above a level set in March, to a high last seen in April of 2003.
Consultants Mind
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
Tableau is a company based out of Seattle Washington, founded in 2003 to commercialize work out of Stanford. Tableau. Yes, this is french for Table. It is also the most user-friendly, powerful, and amazing desktop visualization tool for consultants. Fast-forward 10 … Continue reading → Graphics Analysis Communication Consulting Tools Excel Graphs Learning Management consulting Presentation
McKinsey
JULY 5, 2018
In the second of a two-part interview, Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow describes how analytics has changed baseball—from Moneyball in 2003 to the last out of the 2017 World Series. Insights on Organization
MishTalk
MAY 8, 2016
Seven New Dumping Investigations, Most Since 2003 Actions by the Chinese government to subsidize failed corporations led to seven new … Continue reading → Economics
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BCG
OCTOBER 18, 2016
The relative profitability of OEMs and suppliers (excluding engine manufacturers) has changed little from 2003 through 2014.
MishTalk
JANUARY 14, 2015
CRB A chart of the Reuters-Jeffries Commodities Index (heavily weighted by oil) shows commodity prices are back a level seen in February 2003. Gold For all the bashing gold has taken in mainstream media, one might have thought gold would also be back at 2003 prices.
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 6, 2015
US Dollar Index 15-Minute Chart US Dollar Index Monthly Chart The last monthly close above 100 was in 2003. Following today's jobs report the odds of a December rate hike approached 70% and the US dollar index surged.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 4, 2015
This percentage is up marginally from the 67% who last year said their costs increased, but it is generally in line with what Gallup has found in yearly updates since 2003.
Tom Spencer
JULY 15, 2013
Founded in 2003, Pacific Strategy Partners has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. Founded in 2003, Momentum Partners has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. List of Australian Strategy Firms in 2013. BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Australian strategy firms.
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Joellyn Sargent
APRIL 11, 2016
He sent another lette r to the board, this time saying his decision to support Dugas’ appointment as CEO in 2003 was “ perhaps the biggest mistake of my career.”
The More Clients Blog
DECEMBER 31, 2018
I built a very big list from 1997 to about 2003. A couple weeks ago I did an interview with an independent professional that just might rock your marketing world. Her name is Teresa Riccobuono and she’s a business consultant and coach for financial advisors. When she explained one of her marketing strategies, I thought, “Wow, you really cracked the code on this!”.
BCG
JANUARY 5, 2017
And organizations are conscientiously incorporating it into their operating models: in the decade between 2003 and 2013, according to a recent survey, the proportion of respondents adopting a “structured approach” to change management rose from 32% to 80%.4. Focus Thursday, January 05, 2017.
1 to 1
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
In 2003 author Fred Reichheld introduced 'the ultimate question in his Harvard Business Review article "One Number You Need to Grow." Answers to the question, "What is the likelihood that you would recommend company X to a friend or colleague?" proved to be so powerful in predicting customer behavior and customer loyalty that the question became known as Net Promoter Score and served as a key growth indicator for leaders.
1 to 1
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Net Promoter Score (NPS) - which measures the likelihood of a customer to recommend a company a friend or a colleague - has provided businesses with a lot of benefits since it was first introduced by Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix in 2003.
Tom Spencer
MAY 28, 2015
I moved [to Australia] in 2003 and was amazed by the almost complete lack of online anything. (Source: Flickr ). This is the tenth instalment of my conversation with Nigel Lake , CEO of Pottinger , a global corporate advisory firm based in Sydney, Australia.
MishTalk
JUNE 15, 2014
Blair Defends Iraq Invasion CTV News reports Former British PM Blair defends 2003 invasion of Iraq. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the West''s failure to intervene in Syria is to blame for the violent insurgency in neighbouring Iraq -- not the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. led intervention in 2003, and is now a Middle East peace envoy. No one suggests the Mideast would be at peace now had we not invaded Iraq in 2003.
Tom Spencer
MAY 6, 2018
2003). In this day and age of hospitals working to provide better care and outcomes for a cheaper price, one of the ways to gauge the impact that the implemented changes are having is through measuring patient satisfaction.
Harvard Business
APRIL 14, 2017
Take the example of Germany: Between 2003 and 2015, R&D expenditure in the business sector increased by 59%, reaching a record high of 157.4 Overall, business R&D increased by 67% between 2003 and 2014. companies with the largest R&D budgets invested 92% more in innovation than in 2003. We are living in the age of the superstar firm. Companies like Samsung, Google, or BMW—the top players in their respective industries—are prospering.
MishTalk
JUNE 1, 2015
A rent freeze in 2003, led to a 25% decline of rental units. Thanks to inane economic policies enacted by former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and kept in place by current president Nicolás Maduro, it's impossible to find an apartment to rent in Venezuela. Mish-modified translation from Libre Mercado. Renting an apartment in Venezuela is impossible mission.
MishTalk
OCTOBER 7, 2013
Even "if" home prices continue to rise, projections as to what "may" happen if recent vintages follow the 2003 pattern are invalid because attitudes towards borrowing and lending are not the same now as in 2003.
MishTalk
OCTOBER 10, 2014
That was the US Defense Department estimate in 2003. Ahead of and shortly after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, a number of officials, including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz suggested the war could be done on the cheap and that it would largely pay for itself. In March 2003, Mr. Wolfowitz told Congress that " we''re really dealing with a country that could finance its own reconstruction. "
Tom Spencer
MAY 18, 2015
One of my colleagues at Pottinger held an iPhone in his hand in about 2003, which was four years before Apple had the iPhone, except that the iPhone said Nokia on the bottom of it. (Source: Flickr ).
MishTalk
APRIL 6, 2015
Ahead of and shortly after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, a number of officials, including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz suggested the war could be done on the cheap and that it would largely pay for itself.
MishTalk
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Education and Health Services Employment Monthly Change in Thousands The chart appears as if there were several instances of negative numbers in 2003, but a download of the actual data shows the only other negative number in the entire series of data dating back to 1990 occurred in 2003-07-01.
MishTalk
APRIL 4, 2014
Initial Reaction Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 192,000 nearly matching the Bloomberg Consensus expectation of 200,000. Revisions to January and February added another 37,000 jobs. Private employment, which excludes government jobs, surpassed the pre-recession peak for the first time.
Tom Spencer
MAY 31, 2012
Founded in 2003, Pacific Strategy Partners has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. Founded in 2003, Momentum Partners has offices in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. About. Book Shop. Archive. Definitions. Helpful Links. Quotes. Subscribe.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 3, 2015
US S&P 500 down 1.1% (market still open) US DOW down 1.0% (market still open) US Dollar 15-Minute Chart After surging yesterday to a high last seen in March of 2003, the dollar index pluinged 2% over the course of four hours today.
The Nonprofit Consultant
APRIL 13, 2012
As a prime example, when I started as an independent consultant, back in December 2003, one of the main things I did was grant proposal writing. The title of this post is written with tongue in cheek, but it does get to what's often a fine line between consulting and contracting.
Harvard Business
MARCH 13, 2017
For a long time researchers have attributed the transformation to federal labor market and welfare reforms enacted, starting in 2003. When Germany’s government under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder implemented the so-called Hartz reforms, in 2003, they were extremely controversial. Did the 2003 Hartz reforms contribute to the recent decline in Germany long-term unemployment?
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
And in 2003, wages ticked up years after quit rates. Looking for Greener Pastures? A Chicago Fed report investigates Job Switching and Wage Growth. People generally switch jobs by quitting (rather than losing) their previous job.
MishTalk
MARCH 5, 2015
Today the euro sunk to a low last seen in August of 2003. One euro is now worth $1.10. click on chart for sharper image Apparently this is a "success" even though the ECB was hell bent on "saving the euro" in 2012 when one euro was worth $1.20 or so.
Management Consulted
AUGUST 23, 2015
Based out of Palo Alto, California, Tesla Motors was established in 2003 with offices in 3 countries. Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Tesla Motors. Tesla Motors is an American company that has made waves in the car industry, so much so that General Motors then-Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said in 2007 that this company’s car inspired him to push GM to develop the Chevrolet Volt. .
Tom Spencer
MAY 15, 2014
Founded in 2003, Pacific Strategy Partners has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. Founded in 2003, Momentum Partners has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Source: Flickr ).
MishTalk
OCTOBER 26, 2015
Blair acknowledged that there are "elements of truth" in the view that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the principal cause of the rise of ISIS. "Of Of course, you can't say that those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015," he said. Scramble is On November is less than a week away and nighttime temperatures are dropping rapidly. What is Europe supposed to do with hundreds of thousands of migrants in need of shelter?
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Click on Any Chart in this Report to See a Sharper Image Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted Nonfarm Employment January 2003 - October 2014 Nonfarm Employment Change from Previous Month by Job Type Hours and Wages Average weekly hours of all private employees rose by 0.1
Management Consulted
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
The Net Promoter Score is a customer loyalty metric originally formulated by Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company, and Satmetrix in 2003. Hello there! Our awesome intern Preeti is back to bring you her unbiased review of a very unique book: The Ultimate Question 2.0 – How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer Driven World , authored by Fred Reichheld (from Bain and Co.).
Management Consulted
MAY 25, 2014
Because Gallup’s staff were so highly sought after by academic institutions (many come from academia in the first place), the firm opened a 50-acre Gallup University campus on the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska in August 2003. GALLUP CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE.
MishTalk
JUNE 18, 2014
Rather than seeing the new round of sectarian violence in Iraq as another hammer-blow to their 2003 decision to invade the country – as many of their critics do – several key figures in the Bush administration are using the conflict to defend their own records. Another former Bush-era official seeking to re-enter the Iraq debate is Paul Bremer, the former diplomat who was sent to run Iraq shortly after the 2003 invasion.
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