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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

Recent research from the Boston Consulting Group confirms that employees can do better work when they’re liberated from much of the bureaucratic cruft that passes for daily management. Peter Drucker once quipped that, “Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.”

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Management consulting is an industry that offers assistance with this kind of high-level decision-making and problem-solving. Management Consultants help businesses make strategic decisions that directly impact the entire company. They evaluate issues that the client is facing and help them develop action plans for improvement.

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Experience Curve

Tom Spencer

In 1966, Bruce Henderson and the Boston Consulting Group conducted research for a major semiconductor manufacturer, in which they introduced the concept of the Experience Curve and revealed that unit production costs fell by 20 to 30 percent every time production experience doubled. This article is entitled “Experience Curve”.

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Why Your Productivity Hacks Don’t Hack It

Markovitz Consulting

In working with the Boston Consulting Group, Harvard’s Leslie Perlow found that implementing “predictable time off” (i.e., For example, at a $500M footwear company I worked with, the founder and CEO—long removed from his role in product development—decided that he didn’t like a particular style his product team had designed.

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A Perfect Storm: Growth in Public Sector Consulting

Tom Spencer

The number of consultants hired for public sector projects has been steadily increasing ever since, spiking to new heights over the past few years in response to the tumultuous state of public sector finances. Graduate Consulting Group. Leadership. Management Consulting. Enjoy the Consulting Blog?

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The Paths of Consultancy

Tom Spencer

Behind many of the world’s top politicians, CEOs, and opinion leaders is a background in consultancy. This is because consultancy is an open-ended field, and develops very transferable skills like communication, leadership, and strategic thinking.

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. in Management Consulting. List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong. Applied Value Group. Boston Consulting Group. Deloitte Consulting. Applied Value Group. Address: Applied Value Group. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.