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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. I joined the meeting virtually from another part of the building via Microsoft Teams. After the meeting, he called me back into the conference room. I feel a kindred connection with those who own or operate organizations.

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More Robots: Google's "Atlas" Robot Mimics "Karate Kid"; Flying Defibrillator "Ambulance Drone" Unveiled; Fed Has No Answer

MishTalk

The creator, Alec Momont of TU Delft’s Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, said that 20% of people can operate a defibrillator without instruction and the number rises when they have prompts from trained personnel. Some 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the EU every year, and only 8% survive," Momont explains.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Sean Sternbach – Director of Operations – Pet Lodge Pet Resort. Some employees explain that they need to be available 24/7 to meet the rigorous demands placed upon them. Another knock-on effect of working with a bunch of gurus is that meaningful on the job training is often hard to come across. ALIXPARTNERS CULTURE

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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2000, the group launched its first website, www.bridgespan.org, and started operations from a Boston-based office. Many that serve clients with strategy come from organizations (like Bain or McKinsey) that offer excellent toolkit and skills training pre-Bridgespan; the training at Bridgespan is there, but not as thorough.

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How Future-Proof Are Your Leadership Skills?

Organizational Talent Consulting

If you believe that training is expensive, it is because you do not know what ignorance costs." Leaders need employees that go beyond what is expected in ways that contribute to the organization’s results and make the communities where they operate better. IBM (2014) The value of training IBM Corporation. References.

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Parthenon-EY Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2014, EY joined forces with Parthenon, a small strategy firm that was founded in 1991 by two ex-Bain consultants, to combine Parthenon’s strategy expertise with EY’s global reach and implementation experience. Deloitte got the ball rolling by acquiring Monitor in 2013, and EY followed it up by partnering with Parthenon in 2014.

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Conversation with North Highland

Tom Spencer

Tom: North Highland offers a range of solutions including Data and Analytics, Managed Services, Operating Efficiency Ratio, People and Change, Professionalising IT, Social Insights Lab and Strategy and Advisory. Examples of this include our strategy and advisory group, launched in 2014, and we’ve seen tremendous interest in that offering.

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