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An Interview With Deb Siegle

Women in Consulting

Deb Siegle, WIC’s president, was recently interviewed (by email) regarding women consultants and business owners for possible inclusion in an article for one of the Boston College blogs. Here are excerpts from that interview. The woman ran her department well; it was organized, efficient and effective. By: Deborah Siegle.

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Before Automating Your Company?s Processes, Find Ways to Improve Them

Harvard Business

As a result, they may achieve modest savings, but in many cases they will miss out on opportunities to dramatically improve process outcomes, quality, costs, and cycle times. But when interviewed, the manager was able to clearly articulate rules of thumb he followed, which could be defined as rules for the RPA process to follow.

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Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies

Harvard Business

On the contrary, our study found that family firms are more efficient in their innovation processes. In such cases there are fewer conflicting interests between the owners and managers. On average, family firms have a smaller R&D budget than other organizations of similar size, but that does not mean they are less innovative.

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Research: Why Best Practices Don’t Translate Across Cultures

Harvard Business

held week-long workshops designed to expose workers at the China and India sites to the U.S.-developed In China, however, workers equated speed with efficiency. For example, the efficiency lens in China led to an adoption of the practice that was out of line with the goals of the innovation center to be more agile and iterative.

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30 Best Consultant Websites & Why They Have Them (2022)

Tsavo Neal

She had heard bunch of my interviews and follows the podcast. Hopefully they’re interested enough to think about me at a future date for either a book, talk, consulting gig, workshop, whatever. Google will pick up those changes faster and make corrections to your knowledge panel a lot more efficiently than if you didn’t have a website.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The conference’s agenda involves keynotes, presentations, case studies, and interviews with leading pharma experts dealing with project portfolio management. The program of the symposium includes case studies, lessons learned, academic research, actionable tips, and more. What to expect of the 2024 summit?