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You Can’t Secure 100% of Your Data 100% of the Time

Harvard Business

And that’s not just social media accounts; it’s bank accounts, retailer gift card accounts with cash and credit cards attached, airline loyalty accounts with years of accumulated frequent flyer points, and other accounts with real value. This statistic is alarming, but in fact it significantly understates the scope of the threat.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. No other occupation offers you an insight into corporate strategy or operations in such a short time. Having had a glimpse of this world, I decided to leave academia and apply to consulting firms.”

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The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business

” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. ’ Sometimes you need to be reminded of that.”

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