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All Management Is Change Management

Harvard Business

Change management is having its moment. But many of these indicate that change management is some occult subspecialty of management, something that’s distinct from “managing” itself. This is curious given that, when you think about it, all management is the management of change.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Watson & Sons became the prime advisor to the British government on social insurance programs. The practice areas at Towers Watson reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Communication and Change Management. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. Insurance Industry Consulting.

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities. We also offer change management courses for user adoption.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

For example, Allstate Business Insurance, a division of Allstate Insurance, used the tools to develop a virtual assistant known as ABIe (pronounced “Abby”) to answer questions from its 12,000 agents. Enter ABIe (shorthand for the Allstate Business Insurance Expert), which my firm helped develop.

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How AIG Moved Toward Evidence-Based Decision Making

Harvard Business

” One might be surprised to find a Science Team in an insurance company. Ninety percent of the team was recruited from beyond the insurance industry to enable it to challenge the status quo approach to decision-making. In January 2012, AIG launched the “Science Team.”

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The Right Way to Use Analytics Isn’t for Planning

Harvard Business

In July 2015, Novartis launched its new heart failure drug, Entresto, which Forbes in 2014 predicted would be a blockbuster — with expected sales of $10 billion annually — as the potential market in the US exceeds 5 million people with a heart failure condition. Maggi’s sales accounted for quarter of Nestlé’s $1.6

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Marketing and sales, manufacturing, recruiting (including people assessment), customer service, and support are all fields that can benefit from artificial intelligence according to McKinsey’s recent research. They can help them with change management as smart machines provide new insights at increasing speeds.