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Climate change consulting: Does it have a future?

The Source

As attitudes translate into behaviour (in 2018 a record 32 million passengers travelled by SJ, Sweden’s state train operator), the organisations they work in and buy from will need to change too. Change usually drives up demand for consulting services, but will that happen here?

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First Six Months – Adjusting to Consulting Life

Tom Spencer

Bill Nielsen graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business last June, and began working at Bain & Company in Chicago in September 2018. The first week was mostly training and orientation. Bill, how did your first week on the job go? Any highs or lows? How have you dealt with that change?

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How Taekwon-Do Prepared Me for Consulting Interviews

Tom Spencer

I have been training for over seventeen years now. While preparing, I must perfect my techniques, adjust my weight for my sparring category, strengthen my hands and feet for board breaking, and fundraise for travel costs. But through my training and intense focus, I blocked out all distractions mentally.

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Artificial Intelligence: It’s Current and Future Role in Healthcare (Part 2 of 2)

Tom Spencer

The policy emphasized that physicians should have the appropriate skillset to effectively use AI technology and that medical students should be trained on how to integrate AI systems into medical care. Therefore, the AI system would need to be trained on a broad sample of patient data including from the region in which it is deployed.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

With the 2018 application cycle in full swing for a number of top-tier consulting firms, many of my MD and PhD colleagues have been inquiring about how they can leave academia, if only for a few years, and pursue a career change in management consulting. For example: Mckinsey: Insight 2018 and Insight STEM + Healthcare. Introduction.

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What is Executive Coaching?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated costs. An excellent executive coach is experienced, trained, and qualified. Industrial and Commercial Training, 37 (7), 336-340. Also, the coach and client benefit from the flexibility and administrative ease in scheduling. What makes an excellent executive coach?

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. Mindfulness: Mindfulness-based stress-reduction meditation training has been shown to have a positive outcome in overcoming the fear of failure. Journal of Business Venturing, 32 (3), 280-301. billion on R&D.

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