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Anyone Can Succeed - Celebrating 15 Years of Consulting Success with Dan Weedin

Consulting Matters

Even in 2005 technology was starting – was a major part. I didn't meet anybody. Dan Weedin: Well and I bet most of your clients are experts on the methodology. And you and I have spoken about this in the past; the methodology. It's a completely different skill set than the methodology. They're experts.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

They have to decide where to adopt agile principles and mindsets, where to use agile problem-solving methodologies to dynamically address strategic and organizational challenges, and where to more formally deploy the full agile model, including self-managed teams. a 525-employee software company, began applying agile methodologies in 2005.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

Pick an example of a work activity that happens regularly, like a daily or weekly standing meeting. For the attribute “location,” for example, you could ask your team: Is the meeting best facilitated if it’s held in an in-demand central meeting room or near where other people are likely to gather?

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

2005 – EDS CEO, Michael Jordan, confirmed rumors that EDS was seeking to sell A.T. Kearney boasts about its Fit Transformation™ methodology, designed specifically to align companies’ strategy, operating model, and people to bring lasting transformation. Firm hires 2,000th employee. Kearney back to its management team. 2006 – A.T.

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So Many M&A Deals Fail Because Companies Overlook This Simple Strategy

Harvard Business

In the course of research for our book , we’ve found that this approach also provides an ideal methodology for leaders to identify which M&A deals are most likely to pay off — a disciplined approach that acts as a kind of lens for effectively distinguishing gold from iron pyrite in assessing potential company synergies.

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