Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Characterising the writedown of Greek debt as “private sector involvement” is more of the same financial manipulation, but it is also shrewd politics. Categories. Select Category. European leaders know that a Greek default could have devastating consequences for the Euro-zone. Leave a Comment Now. Business Strategy.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Please find below examples of the Rule of Three used in marketing, politics, religion, science and sports. Categories. Select Category. This post provides five final thoughts on the Rule of Three (think of it as three final thoughts, plus a bonus two). People like to be presented with three choices rather than say, two or five.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Address: Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, Ltd. Political & Economic Risk Consultancy, Ltd. Categories. Select Category. Through its economics and planning service Arup focuses on creating sustainable, efficient and culturally-appropriate businesses and places. Website: www.asiarisk.com. 20/F, Central Tower.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 12, 2019

Managers might group people into four categories using a simple framework like the one below. This will be beneficial as it can help managers to determine who is a knowledge expert and who is comfortable sharing what they know. Exhibit A – People Analysis. Reference: An Analysis of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing by Bialas, T.,

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

We grouped the 25 skills into five categories: physical and manual (which is the largest category today), basic cognitive, higher cognitive, social and emotional, and technological skills (today’s smallest category). The need for basic cognitive skills as well as physical and manual skills will not disappear.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 17, 2014

The new political era of President Xi Jinping, meanwhile, has created as much anxiety as hope. The latter category is officially called huaqiao—sojourners. But China''s cross-border political activities are creating unease. China must be exceedingly careful not to leave too many fingerprints on its political activities offshore.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

You can break down any worldview into these three categories: What's the ideal state - the Eden like-experience? They have political savvy and other competencies. What's the political context? What he said to me is “90% of consultants are not brought in for economic reasons, but political ones.”

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

You can break down any worldview into these three categories: What's the ideal state - the Eden like-experience? They have political savvy and other competencies. What's the political context? What he said to me is “90% of consultants are not brought in for economic reasons, but political ones.”

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 26, 2016

Forecasting, as analytically challenging as it is, is a lot like politics, in that there are multiple agendas. Those are certainly important, but often things get lost in translation by the time they get to your category. Other forecasts focus too much on micro data that is very specific to your category. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

These costs fall into seven categories: Bloat: too many managers, administrators, and management layers. Politics: too much energy devoted to gaining power and influence. People pay attention to things that can be measured. Friction: too much busywork that slows down decision making. Insularity: too much time spent on internal issues.

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Prudent Pedal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Even in the same industry, geography, and size categories, firms differ significantly in culture, capabilities, client rosters, and reputational starting points. the firm’s political and rewards structures) works against this essential expansion. The strategy must leverage the core while at the same time distancing itself from it.

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Prudent Pedal

OCTOBER 15, 2019

from more politically correct players. Then, come together to compare scores across individual attributes and categories and ask questions like: Where do we agree that we are doing well? Humility would keep many from saying 5 and ego would keep scores from falling to an average of 3 (Just like the children of Lake Wobegon).

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 20, 2015

This is the political/lobbied challenge facing our stalled response to the melting icecaps. The world is getting hotter, it's urgent, we need to hurry, and dealing with it is a difficult technical and political problem. Which category are you in at work? For a business, the problem might be that: there aren't enough customers.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

The intersection of these categories gives four clusters of business: aggregators selling advertising; aggregators and platforms selling services; platforms selling hardware and software, and finally, Amazon – a special case. voters ahead of the 2016 election.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Premise''s goal is to provide even deeper information—down to the product level rather than just categories of products—and provide the technology platform for a wide range of other economic indicators beyond inflation. All these things are sensitive from a political point of view," Mr. Varian said. STT -0.36% to about 7,500 clients.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 26, 2023

It’s helpful to have an outside perspective that can see through the politics and focus on the most relevant information. Each category of management consulting has its own unique benefits and skill sets. And, in many ways, corporate underperformance is the reason that a strategy consultant has been called in the first place.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 14, 2014

Among the issues - promoting peaceful settlement of acute political crisis in Ukraine deal with the humanitarian disaster. Phone Rings in Switzerland Over Cheese In the sanctions winners and losers category, a clear winner has emerged. Have in mind to pay attention and international issues. This is a step in the right direction.

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Henman Performance Executive

JUNE 8, 2012

A person of encyclopedic learning, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Today, we reap the rewards of this philosophical, scientific, and political artist. I guess we know into which category he fit.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 11, 2022

The following categories can be used to guide the conversation and learn about their leadership development perceptions and experiences: Assigning and providing opportunities to learn. Lack of internal politics, conflicts, and competing priorities. Tolerating mistakes as a part of learning. Diverse perspectives of the coach.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

Here’s how these categories break down, and how they work together. Passable trust is a category that my colleague Paul Leonardi and I identified by looking at how employees behave online, especially on social media at work. There, she noticed that people spoke to each other quietly and politely. Swift Trust.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 7, 2013

It is a diabolical problem for institutions which must contend with the vagaries of politics, economics and now of a changing climate. Categories. Select Category. It is a tricky problem for individuals wanting to make provision for their retirement and for the vicissitudes of their health and personal lives. Business Strategy.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2012

The ideas about property which prevail in the community and in our politics feed directly into the laws and regulations which we have about property ownership and about doing business. Categories. Select Category. This is not without practical implications. Next post: Clayton Christensen on Disruptive Innovation. Leadership.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 23, 2017

When these conditions are in place, it will be easier for an organization to take a firm stance against corruption, especially political corruption. We classify them into four categories based on their likely response to an organization’s ethical behavior. Ethics Can Be a Differentiator.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

The uncertainties that come with Brexit can be ordered into four categories. Political process. by combining political uncertainty with lower volatility). While business has already become more sensitive to geopolitics, the politics of discontent and populism may prove to have an even bigger impact.

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Henman Performance Executive

JUNE 12, 2012

I guess people elected me because my promises are just as trustworthy as those of conventional political parties.”. We have become so desensitized to promises—political, social, personal, and professional—that we no longer hold others accountable. Categories. Therein lies the rub. We used to expect better, but now we don’t.

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Rod Burkert

MARCH 5, 2019

Similar to a curated newsletter, a news newsletter is focused on topical or breaking news, generally for a specific genre, e.g., politics. My favorite in this category is Next Draft , authored by David Pell.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2015

in some sort of polite manner, of course. Practical Tip In the "trust but verify" category I offer this tip on what not to say: "Sweetie, what's your social security number? Trust But Verify "What's your sign?" is so 60ish passé. Today, you need to ask "What's your credit score?" I need it to do a credit check on you."

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Additionally, large organisations are usually complex, inter-connected and political, with decisions requiring the buy-in of several stakeholders (each having their own personal egos, agendas and fears). No matter how sound your idea, it’s likely to face some form of resistance. Management Consulting'

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2018

A combination of facial analysis, voice pattern analysis, and deep learning can already decode human emotions for market research and political polling purposes. These fall roughly into three categories: Systems that use emotional analysis to adjust their response.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Politics do not play a main role at Uber; good ideas are recognized and people are promoted based on numbers, data and analytics. Uber allows anyone with a smartphone and a credit card access to transportation in their city, and offers almost anyone with a car the opportunity to drive and make money.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The economic, political and social context means more and more services are feeling the strain. Including most recently, a nomination for a Local Government Chronicle Award in the category of “Driving Efficiency through Technology” through our Drive to Digital Group – the only District Council to be shortlisted in this category.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2017

For each completed survey, we calculated an overall BMI score by aggregating responses across seven categories of bureaucratic drag: bloat, friction, insularity, disempowerment, risk aversion, inertia, and politicking. Bureaucracies are petty and political. Here are our initial takeaways: The blight of bureaucracy seems inescapable.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2017

However, there was little laughter and only a few polite head nods on the teams. Using the same scoring criteria — fluency and flexibility — we found that the “embarrassment” teams generated 26% more ideas spanning 15% more use categories than their counterparts. Candor led to greater creativity.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2018

Much of the political impetus behind the law’s passage came from some major privacy scandals that have come to light in recent months, including the Cambridge Analytica incident involving Facebook user data.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I focused on PPE, which was philosophy, politics and economics. Peter: I could genuinely bucket them into three different categories. Because PwC and Deloitte are both in the Big Four, the process itself is very, very similar, which I break down into four different categories. Peter : Yeah, sure. Jenny Rae: Great.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

One morning while anchoring The Early Show in New York, one of my coanchors got mixed up and tossed the show to me five minutes before I was slated to appear for my next segment, which was covering breaking news on political corruption in Washington.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Why is one multinational consumer goods company organized by category, while another organizes by region? A common mistake we see companies make when tackling such complex and often political questions is that they dive straight into a detailed redesign of their operating model — and lose sight of the strategic intent.

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