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Front-Line To C-Suite | Inside The Heart and Mind of Former Disney COO and Experience Steward Jim MacPhee

Consulting Matters

First, I have been talking for the last few episodes about the importance of not just identifying your ideal client but getting in their hearts and minds so you can position yourself, products/services, and copy to connect with them. So, I thought, why not bring on some of my former clients so you can hear for yourself?

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Ofshoring Opaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

labor market in manufacturing and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), if ratified by the U.S. consumer market, the stable political and economic environment, and the benefit of tapping into America engineering skills and manufacturing know-how are main draws. consumer demand, rather than reshoring of automobile production.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Offshoring Outpaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

labor market in manufacturing and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), if ratified by the U.S. consumer market, the stable political and economic environment, and the benefit of tapping into America engineering skills and manufacturing know-how are main draws. consumer demand, rather than reshoring of automobile production.

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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business

To them, the unit of differentiation is an individual product, service or brand. The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. Consider, for example, the way many credit cards are marketed.

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Why You and Your Clients Will Benefit from the Kanban Approach

Comatch

Anderson at Microsoft in 2004. Kanban can be used in marketing, sales, HR, legal services, accounting, procurement, auditing, and more, and it’s a great way of giving individuals a cross-organization look at work. . The Kanban Board helps us have productive and meaningful conversations and make good decisions and manage the flow.

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Oil Patch Problems: Rigs Down 60%, Production Down 3%, $40-$50 Price Doesn't Work

MishTalk

So even as rig counts collapsed, production is barely off the highs, at a price that isn't even profitable. Crude has not hand a monthly close below $40 since mid-2004. But break-even prices don’t always give the whole picture of how much money a shale company must spend to pump oil and move it to market.

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Who is Foreign Aid For? Foreigners or U.S. Corporations?

MishTalk

Congress in January 2004,” according to Sustainable Pulse, and serves as a conduit for foreign aid funds. The conditional foreign aid from MCC is an attempt to break into El Salvador’s non-GMO agricultural sector and exploit the food market. The Millennium Challenge Corporation is “a U.S. foreign aid agency that was created by the U.S.