Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 23, 2017

In a world where routine analysis can be done by computers, fresh thinking and analysis is more valuable than ever. With that kind of list, it is important to know how to apply the 80-20 principle. Creativity amplifies that fresh perspective, and can help the client to see a project, product, or situation in a new way.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 22, 2021

He is now employed at SpaceX as a Starlink Market Analysis Lead. Structurally, they all still involve travel Monday through Thursday, office on Friday, however the work style and type of tasks will change each time. How does BCG put in barriers to prevent burnout? So how did you get to SpaceX?

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2021

First of all, you will most likely need to travel to a new school or company to give your presentation. The perfect data analyzer should be someone who knows how to look at a number and consider all of the potential variables involved. Each case competition is different depending on the organization behind it.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In addition, when learning new kicks and punches, students like myself consult instructors or encyclopedias to help us perfect techniques, much like we consult videos and books when we need to learn new frameworks and methods of analysis. Performing and Executing.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 12, 2019

This article focuses on how to conclude well in your case interview. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, what I would do is pause reading and look at the following link , which covers four great tips on how to improve your conclusion. He’s also an avid traveller with passion for FinTech, marathon, and blogging. Okay Conclusion.

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Case Interview Examples Interviews Retail 60

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In a world where routine analysis can be done by computers, fresh thinking and analysis is more valuable than ever. With that kind of list, it is important to know how to apply the 80-20 principle. Creativity amplifies that fresh perspective, and can help the client to see a project, product, or situation in a new way.

Consulting 68

Consulting Industry Case Interview Analysis 68

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2017

For the 2016–2017 season, thousands of constraints needed to be taken into account related to travel, player fatigue, ticket revenue, arena availability, and three major television networks. increased the number of consecutive games teams played without traveling by 23%. Jumpstart process and cost efficiency?

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

How is it Friday already? This week I’ve been trying to jam two work weeks into one as I’ll be traveling to the middle east next week – Dubai to be precise – to speak to healthcare delegates at a GCC government conference. Help Prevent A Crisis With A Social Media Risk Analysis. Where does time go?

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Risk Analysis Healthcare Conference Travel 76

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

With the help of Susan Hollingshead , the chief people officer at Vendini, they talk through how to get more money when you haven’t been in your role long, the company isn’t giving out merit increases, or you’re at the bottom of your job’s salary range. Download this podcast. Don’t get fixated on money.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

The hard skills help you do the analysis, but once you’ve got an answer, you need client buy in. In addition, collaboration on implementation cases is critical because unlike a MECE strategy analysis at some point the rubber will hit the road and teams need to cooperate to ship product or launch services or make process changes.

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Interviews Case Interview Consulting Leadership 60

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 3, 2021

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to handle case interviews via video conference. Latency happens when you have a good internet connection (no signal loss) but a very long distance to travel (say halfway around the world). Cisco Systems actually did an analysis of this awhile back.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Do you want to spend your weekends traveling? Whether or not to relocate is a big decision — but beware of analysis paralysis, overthinking a situation so that a decision is never made, or one is made by default. “I’d always been interested in travel, and I’d always wanted to live and work abroad.”

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 6, 2020

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to handle case interviews via video conference. Latency happens when you have a good internet connection (no signal loss) but a very long distance to travel (say halfway around the world). Cisco Systems actually did an analysis of this awhile back.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 13, 2018

I rarely travel anywhere for business and meet all my clients by phone or video conference. And the more we learn how to take advantage of support, the better things will go for us. We get paralysis by analysis. And email is my preferred communication medium. A perfect set-up for an introvert like me.

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Marketing Video Conference Travel 54

CaseInterview.com

JULY 16, 2019

As I was about to travel overseas on volunteer work, I had a very condensed interview process with each firm (including one day with 6 straight case interviews in 8 hours!) Even if my analysis hadn't reached anywhere, if I could come up with a strong synthesis it seemed to turn the tide of every case. and you're totally on your own.

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Asamby Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This blog post gives you the comprehensive answer: Why compensation is important How to structure your fixed salary components What options for variable pay are there How to pick the right perks and benefits What allowances are and what to pay them for What long-term incentives are out there How strategy and finance influence compensation Let's go!

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

We did this in partnership with Transport for NSW’s Travel Choices program, which works with businesses to identify ways to encourage more commuters to avoid traveling to work during peak hours. Our analysis showed that there were three important behavioral barriers to employees taking up flexible work: Social norms.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 15, 2017

Travel is still a part of the equation at Kalypso, but you will be traveling less than you would at pure strategy firms. At firms that bill by the project, you can learn how to work smarter rather than harder and improve your work/life balance considerably. so make sure you are up-to-date in your Excel skills before going in.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 12, 2019

The other great thing that the strong conclusion does is that immediately after stating the recommendation it says “here are the three key reasons I’m recommending that…” This also does a really good job of priming the interviewers so they understand how to follow along for the rest of the conclusion. It really hammers home the point.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2013

domestic air transport in America for cost-conscious business travellers). Consider the suggestions below on how to implement each growth strategy. While this may sound straightforward, it can be difficult to clearly delineate a target market since it can be defined very broadly (e.g. the transport market) or very narrowly (e.g.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Altman Vilandrie offers 4 key project types to its clients: Strategy – Altman Vilandrie develops solutions to client’s problems based on comprehensive data analysis. Altman Vilandrie also has a great unique selling point in that it is a low travel firm. Practice Areas.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

This firm was birthed out of the frustration they both felt with their employer, who they believed devoted too much time to operational issues while neglecting strategic analysis. The work you do throughout your internship will generally cover an analysis of the client, market data and modeling analyses. Social Media .

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Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

They tell you about the travelling etc, but I kept asking myself, “Am I missing something here? How long did it take before you started to feel settled in? How to get pages made, how to get research done, how much I was producing a day, etc. ” Well, there is no typical day.

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McKinsey Interviews Case Interview Consulting 100

Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2017

As I was doing research and analysis for my recent book , I found that one of the best ways organizations can create a sense of purpose for their employees is to help connect their day-to-day work with the impact it has in their community and globally. I’ve identified several common themes in our talks, which I’ll share here.

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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2014

So do many conferences and elite restaurants and travel destinations. On the other hand, the tool maker fears hearing, "your analysis isn''t crisp," or, "the food isn''t as good as it used to be," or, worst of all, "there''s a new guy making something that works better.". High end consulting and design firms also sell luxury goods.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

You are trained on how to get into a CEO’s mindset within a lifetime of an engagement while being an outsider. “I am competitive in nature and always give the best in whatever I do and my passions include photography, travelling and embracing new cultures and languages. Very intellectual job – can I do it?

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

He developed research methods and programs for the television and movie industry to help clients determine advertising effectiveness and how to identify what the market wanted to watch in film and television. Gallup joined the New York advertising firm Young & Rubicam as the head of both the research and copy departments.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500. FTI CONSULTING CULTURE.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Traveling, often long-distance, to meet people face-to-face, when a phone call would suffice. How to Foster a Shorter, More Productive Workday. Test: A lot of time is wasted in paralysis analysis and on over-investing in the wrong things. Outsource: If it can’t be automated, it can probably be delegated or outsourced.

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MishTalk

JULY 29, 2013

Trend Analysis. Hes handy with a shot glass and customers travel from far and wide to admire him at work. For now, Carl will be part-tourist attraction and part test-dummy while Mr Schaefer and his team work out how to shake humanoid robotics out of its stagnant state. Global Economic. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising 75

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

The Order of United Commercial Travelers , for instance, was founded to “ improve character and instill temperate habits,” and Gideon bibles were originally put in hotel rooms to help “ eliminate gambling , drinking, dirty jokes, Sunday trading and other forms of temptation peculiar to traveling (sales) men.”

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 22, 2024

Data Analysis AI can rapidly equip consultants with accurate data-driven insights. She enjoys tennis, hiking, creative writing, travel, exploring new cultures, and mentoring K-12 students. Before the advent of AI-powered tools, people used to talk about ‘big data analytics’, now they just talk about AI.

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Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

With these criteria in mind, our final list is as follows: Our analysis revealed characteristics shared by the winning firm’s leaders as well as common strategies they employed. That knowledge helped them understand how to make change happen inside an organization. For more on our methods, see the sidebars below.)

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Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 53

Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

They’ve redesigned their core processes in the area of procurement (online shopping), talent acquisition (marketplaces), collaboration (social networking), market research (peer reviews), finance (mobile payments) and travel (room and ride sharing). Instead of focusing on how to make tradeoffs, we need to focus on how to transcend them.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Thank you again for your excellent emails and preparation materials, and I will highly recommend your website and LOMS program to anybody who asks me how to prepare. You put in a lot of time, energy, and money (travel to interviews, taking people out to lunch, buying a new suit, prep materials, etc.) The learning curve is expensive.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For example, Bain & Company’s recent analysis of the U.S. Using existing customer data, MGM launched a multivariate campaign, testing different offer packages (a room discount versus a coupon to play slot machines), travel windows, brand messages, email frequency, and more. Build a repeatable model.

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Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2017

We gave tactical suggestions for how managers could do this (e.g., use travel time to connect with team members and establish an open-door policy). One male senior partner said, “Personally, I had my own philosophy about how to give feedback, but AiA has evolved it.”

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