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The Future of Digital Regulation: A Case Study of the GDPR

Tom Spencer

One strategy is for governments to adopt a principle-based approach to regulation that spells out the intentions, values and desired outcomes, while leaving each firm to adapt the principles to its situation. The challenges that firms faced in implementing the GDPR legislation highlights a major issue in technological regulation.

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Consulting in the medical device sector: A lesson on the importance of sociological know-how

Tom Spencer

Expertise in case studies is considered a given not just among the veterans of business life, but even for newly aspiring consultants, who wish to break into the consultancy industry. Secondly, our marketing strategy had to reflect the specific culture of each target country.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Consider GM as a case study. These means they are not good at one-on-one conversations, cultural sensitivity, listening, team building, managing their emotions, managing conflict, or communicating vision and strategy clearly. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees.

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A New Quest for Consultancy: Transitioning from Just-in-Time Logistics

Tom Spencer

The importance of logistics for a firm’s success, and the benefits of the just-in-time conception, are perhaps best captured by the case study on vehicle-manufacturer Toyota. Following the Second World War, Japan aligned itself closely with the United States, which entailed the policy of open gates in economic terms.

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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

Innovation start-ups are a practical starting point for familiarising yourself with the industry, since they rarely have the budgets for hiring major strategy firms, and therefore often welcome volunteer consultants. Copycats and Patenting Strategy. There are two weaknesses to such a strategy.

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The key to becoming a learning organization

Asamby Consulting

A simple example is your company's strategy. Check out our privacy policy. Organizations at scale often organize this form of learning in a comprehensive learning and development (L&D) strategy. Examples are policies, procdures, how-tos, FAQs etc. That gap has to be bridged. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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TCIP #032 – The National Weather Service’s Crisis Communication Strategy with Daniel Noah

Melissa Agnes

Their collaborative and explorative mindset, their use of social media and mobile technology – they’re an interesting case study and a great example for others to be inspired by and learn from. The NWS’s strategy for dealing with doomsday photos that tend to go viral in natural disasters and put people in panic mode.