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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

After all, I have been there — I owned and operated a storefront business and served as an executive for organizations of various types throughout my career. I feel a kindred connection with those who own or operate organizations. Will you need always to risk your career, safety, or life? Ehrhart, K., Dean, M., & Kedharnath, U.

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Architect Your Business Joy with Jodee Peevor

Consulting Matters

How to build your business by operating in joyful work. I became one of only seven global Kajabi ambassadors in 2018 and secured my 1M pin in April 2021. Related Blog, Video, or Podcast Episode: Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell.

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Front-Line To C-Suite | Inside The Heart and Mind of Former Disney COO and Experience Steward Jim MacPhee

Consulting Matters

Today, I'm chatting with one of my favorite executives of all time, Jim MacPhee, recently retired Chief Operating Officer and self-proclaimed Experience Steward for Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. In January 2018, Jim was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer/Senior Vice President, Walt Disney World® Resort.

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Drones Help New Industries Take Flight

Tom Spencer

By 2030, PwC predicts that there will be around 76,000 drones in operation in the UK increasing the UK’s GDP by £42 billion and offering significant net cost savings to the tune of £16 billion. Drones are a useful tool for farmers, and the agricultural drone market is expected to be worth $1 billion by 2024 ( Margaritoff, 2018 ).

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Trend Watching 2018 The Year of Convergence

Cheryl Cran

now in 2018 we are going to see even more ‘outing’ of inappropriate, inexcusable and intolerant attitudes and behaviors. What we are going to see for trends in 2018 has a theme which is ‘convergence’ the melding of science/health/technology at a higher level than we have seen as a human collective.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

The first company to identify emerging demand trends and tailor its operations to delivery can quickly establish itself as the go-to source for particular goods or services” ( EY, 2016 ). 2018, 3 September). Organisations that have the ability to incorporate real-time data analytics can build a strong competitive advantage.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed.

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