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A New Quest for Consultancy: Transitioning from Just-in-Time Logistics

Tom Spencer

Since the philosophies, frameworks, and insights developed by top firms contribute to the business practices which play a role in making the economic system unsustainable, a crisis signals the need for reflection. This system drastically reduces the need for inventory, which boosts production efficiency in two major ways.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Scenario development of multiple potential stories about what the future might look like. Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study.

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IMS Consulting Group (IMS Health) Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2008 & 2010, IMS Health was bestowed the honor of being listed as one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” by FORTUNE magazine. Business development and licensing. Disease area, product landscapes, competitive assessments. Market development strategies. Creating and communicating value.

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Too Much Team Harmony Can Kill Creativity

Harvard Business

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy played a big role in stabilizing Europe after the 2008 financial crisis, but they made an odd couple in public and mocked each other in private. Consistent with these famous case studies, scientific research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony.

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How to Apply for a Job You’re Overqualified For

Harvard Business

Case Study #1: Be thoughtful about how you position yourself to the hiring manager. In 2008, after the global economy took a nosedive, the company that Lauren McAdams was working for went belly up. Lauren, who had several years of professional experience, a background in development, and a degree in business, was out of a job.

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Research: Self-Disruption Can Hurt the Companies That Need It the Most

Harvard Business

For our study, we collected data on 512 strategic initiatives, both centralized and decentralized, launched by 48 leading U.S. electric utilities during 2008-2015—a period in which the decentralized model was in its uncertain, nascent phase. We validated our quantitative approach by reviewing several case studies of U.S.

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To Reduce Complexity in Your Company, Start with Pen and Paper

Harvard Business

To give an example of just how hard it can be to prevent this from happening, let’s consider the case of Nokia. The voluminous case studies and articles about the firm would fill entire file cabinets in the typical business school storage area.

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