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From meeting-heavy to essential meetings only

Asamby Consulting

Newport, 2016, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World) This leaves employees with little control over their workdays - which reduces productivity even further. This is surely ringing alarm bells for CEOs, Business Managers, and Operations Managers. Manage it like every other activity your team engages in.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business

This includes investing in more efficient lighting and HVAC systems; using new software and AI to make buildings and operations more efficient; improving fleet logistics and introducing greener vehicles; and reducing packaging and product weight. Consider the example of the U.S. auto industry.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business

See More Videos > See More Videos > Blockchain’s properties — transparency, immutability, and security — make it reliable and trustworthy for applications such as supply chain management, smart contracts, financial reporting, the Internet of Things, the management of private (e.g., in the next years.

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Pros and Cons of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) Why a “Virtual PEO” May be the Better Option

Emerson Consulting Group

To many employers the most attractive feature of a PEO is the ability to be able to hand off the burden of management of HR and benefits so that the member employer can instead focus its management energy on core business plans. In 2016 ADP Total Source, one of the larger PEOs, reported more than 400,000 “worksite” employees [2].

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Inside the Minds of Your Prospects: 37 Critical Digital Marketing Statistics for Consultants

Tsavo Neal

81% of management consulting firms list attracting & developing new business as their #1 challenge. Blogging and content marketing is one of the most efficient ways for consultants to generate more leads. Source: State of Content: Rules for Engagement for 2016. Email marketing has an average ROI of 3800%.

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