article thumbnail

Consultant Ninja: The Financial Crisis is a Wicked Problem.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Unlike many developing countries, The US recognizes the critical nature of intellectual property protection in order to encourage development. Management Consulting.

Financial 100
article thumbnail

Repositioning Is Not a New Business Model

Harvard Business

We see positioning in the airline industry. Australia, for instance, has three main domestic airlines: Qantas, Jetstar (Qantas’s no-frills line), and Virgin, which started out as no-frills and has since chased the business-class, high-margin segment. That’s not the story in the clothing industry.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business

After all, there’s a subtle difference in how these two disciplines train people to understand and manage risks: Legal training focuses on the downside of particular actions, while business training may emphasize the upsides for shareholder value from risk taking. First, we looked at the matching between firm types and CEOs.

article thumbnail

You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

Delta executives recognized that to improve customer experience while simultaneously striving for operational excellence, the airline had to be able to invest rapidly and independently in new proprietary software applications that built on its passenger service and operational platforms.

article thumbnail

64 Proven Ways Consultants Can Generate Leads Online (Consulting Lead Generation)

Tsavo Neal

Maybe you really, really don’t like writing, but you still want to create a great piece of intellectual property that “sticks.” A lead-generating website is designed to showcase your thinking (your intellectual property) in your unique voice and brand (your design) in order to attract the right type of prospects.

article thumbnail

How an Airplane Laptop Ban Would Expose Company Data to Espionage

Harvard Business

government received credible intelligence that ISIS had developed the capability to conceal explosive devices within laptops, tablets, and other large electronic devices, these devices have been banned, as of late March, from the airline cabins of U.S.-bound Since the U.S. It has been well documented, particularly by the U.S.