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Driving Sustainable Growth at an Inflection Point

Brimstone Consulting

After a decade of growing organic herbs and vegetables and raising farm animals, a family-run New England farm decided to pivot and produce high-end functional CBD products. This pivot required the organization to change its business model from wholesale agricultural commodities to the production and retail of consumer goods.

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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Data analysts often work closely with key business functions including marketing , product development, information technology, finance, and management to identify consumer trends, anticipate issues, and present evidence-based solutions to support strategic decision-making. Required Skills. According to the U.S.

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Brand Architecture – Overview (Part 1 or 2)

Tom Spencer

Having a great mentor is critical for personal skill development, especially early in your career, and so I wanted to share the guidelines that my mentor provided me to follow in 2019 to become a better consultant / strategist. Ensuring synergy between brands, products, and services. He was able to achieve all of this in a span of 4.5

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Your Organization’s Reputation and Its Ability to Produce Revenue

Harmonious Workplaces

Kircova & Esen (2018) discuss customer-based reputation (CBR) on both one’s reactions to products and services plus one’s reaction to services and interactions with the organization’s workers. This can lead to increased productivity, innovation, and customer satisfaction. Empower employees to make decisions. link] Saini, G.

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Buy-sell Earnouts, Litigation, and the Changing Landscape

Martinka Consulting

On May 12, 2020 GeekWire reported Seattle company Porch is being sued by Kandela , a company Porch acquired in April 2019. They went on to say Porch withheld resources, refused to sell Kandela products (to Porch’s customers), and more. It’s why lawyers will joke and say the only winners with an earnout are the litigators.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

A global survey of over 5000 CEOs revealed that greater than 60 percent of organizations anticipate introducing new products or services to fuel their growth. Research has linked organizational culture to employee morale, commitment, health, and productivity (Schein & Schein, 2016). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 2018, March 6).

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The Cantillon Effect

Tom Spencer

As a case in point, from 1975 to 2019 the average annual increase in Harvard tuition was 5.1% Rising prices over time create an incentive for production to move abroad, and the resulting decrease in productive capacity causes a society to decline.

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