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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Chief topics central to the job description of HR consultants are, among others, organizational changes, change management, terms of employment, learning & development, talent management and retirement. Do we have the knowledge, skills, resources, and experience required to get things done quickly and effectively?

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How Analytics Has Changed in the Last 10 Years (and How It’s Stayed the Same)

Harvard Business

Some technologies from a decade ago are still in broad use, and I’ll describe them here too. There has been even more stability in analytical leadership, change management, and culture, and in many cases those remain the toughest problems to address. But we’re here to talk about technology.

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Why So Many High-Profile Digital Transformations Fail

Harvard Business

The company created impressive digital capabilities, labeling itself a “digital industrial” company, embedding sensors into many products, building a huge new software platform for the Internet of Things, and transforming business models for its industrial offerings.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

As I speak with industry executives, a common refrain is “I’ve done all the easy stuff.” Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. They also do not represent sustainable, long-term change.

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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business

By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career. Although they were successful in industry (normally working there for 10 to 15 years), they wanted to have a greater impact on society.

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Why Process Is U.S. Health Care’s Biggest Problem

Harvard Business

A lot of money has been spent on information technology in health care with little to show for it. Industrial companies figured this out 50 years ago. Examples of these systems include electronic alerts for medication interactions and reminders to ensure all steps in the care process for the pneumonia patient are followed.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Eight years later Marwick, Mitchell & Company launched a banking practice, for the first time focusing its efforts on one industry in an effort that proved to be very successful. This boom was caused by increasingly complex tax laws, securities laws, and industry regulations. Information Technology. Change Management.