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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

This could be a good time to learn a new language, so you can use it on a future work trip. You were probably practicing case studies daily, so it should be easy to replace this daily discipline with practicing a new language every day.

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

According to Smith, the lack of experience, expertise, speed, and legitimacy of students in contrast to professional consultants means that both clients and students get little out of it and waste valuable time and energy that could be better spent elsewhere. However, there is a problem with Smith’s view.