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Crisis Management: How Did the Financial Services Industry Fare During 2020?

Clarity Consultants

In 2020, the financial services industry had to put its crisis management plans into action. Most companies had to pivot without much notice, ensuring they could adjust to new rules regarding how organizations were (or weren’t) allowed to open and operate during the pandemic. Re-Opening Plans Were Formed Early in the Pandemic.

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Gig economy 2020: The new revolution

QEmploy

Gig economy 2020 The new revolution. 2020 Gig economy definition: The gig economy represents the total of flexible, consulting or freelance, temporary or full-time jobs, intermediated through an online platform that’s interconnecting people and businesses. Even now, AI is changing the way how the gig economy operates.

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2020 Study: Why Smart People Start a Consulting Business (And What Holds Them Back)

Consulting Matters

I love actually impacting the customer's operations and providing a new prospective or process that changes the way they do business forever. Knowing that the base of what I want to offer may change throughout the course of my education and development, I'd like to have a solid grounding of my business operations. We got you covered.

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Is outsourcing the new restructuring?

The Source

Research we carried out in late 2021 suggests that the sudden surge of interest in outsourcing— which began during the peak of the COVID crisis in 2020—continues. Prior to the pandemic, outsourcing had a poor reputation among many clients.

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Learning Trends to Fully Embrace in 2021

Clarity Consultants

COVID-19 fundamentally altered the learning landscape in 2020. Organizations typically had to adopt a work-from-home model with little notice, causing them to focus heavily on simply maintaining typical operations. As a result, training initially became an afterthought, as there were more pressing matters.

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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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How Grocery Stores Should Respond to the Growth of Online Markets

Harvard Business

During 2020-21 online grocery shopping soared from 3.4% to double digits as Covid-19 made customers reluctant to go into stores. Post Covid, online grocery shopping is still high, forecasted by Forrester (2021) to hit 10.4% How will grocery retailers service this new demand stream?

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