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Attitudes, Attitudes: Dear Nate Silver, Regarding Donald Trump, You Are Missing Something Big!

MishTalk

He was spot on in the last two presidential elections and I bought into his methodology, in advance, confidently predicting the results. Nate adjusted his odds as the campaign progressed and got 49 out of 50 correct in 2008. Initially, my methodology was quite a bit different. Missouri showed me up. I missed a couple.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

In 2008, the firm celebrated their silver anniversary of 25 years of extraordinary growth. Below are some of the skills they are looking for in interns: Familiarity with formal software development life-cycle (SDLC) methodology. Social Media. Not bad for some academics with a basic algorithmic model on an early Apple computer!

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. He radically transformed the company from a classic conglomerate that did everything to one that focused on its core industrial businesses. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

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The Mindset That Wins Consulting Work With Fortune 500 Companies with Mindy Millward: Podcast #24

Consulting Success

We do a lot of thinking about change, we do a lot of leadership, and those pieces are out there in so many different ways that people will pick that up and connect with us through social media and through other ways to find us.