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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Between 35 & 45% of these owners are 65 or older (2018). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? This as per bizbuysell.com. Our first question is: what is “small?” Pretty small. And guess what? Easy money.

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

The purpose includes creating value for customers, investing in employees, dealing fairly with suppliers, and supporting the communities where corporations operate. Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008). This question is not just about changing but thriving.

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Growth of Fintech and Disruption of Brick-and-mortar Financial Institutions

Tom Spencer

The idea that technology can be configured to drastically improve the delivery and usability of finance began taking off following the financial crisis of 2008, when consumer distrust for traditional banks combined with the increasing popularity and functionality of smartphone apps. Statista (2018) Mobile Banking in the United States.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

In 2018, Fortune named it #4 among the “100 Best Companies to Work For.”. It was ranked #3 best place to work on Glassdoor in 2018 and 2017. In 2008, it became the first global management consulting firm to reach carbon neutral status. LEK operates in an intense, associate-heavy case team structure. Work-Life Balance.