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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business

Between January 2008 and February 2010, 8.8 A professor decided to write personal references only for her advisees or the students in her seminars, and announced the fact to her lecture classes. Close your door, if you have one, or find a conference room. That kind of thinking ended during the recession of 2007-2009.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

This was a eureka moment not just for Andy & Prabhas but also for all the executives attending the seminar from multiple companies. For Z and S, the conference launched opportunities to consult on the many client projects that came their way. Not bad for some academics with a basic algorithmic model on an early Apple computer!