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

Tom Spencer

‘Technological innovation’ has recently become an ossified catch-all term not only in venture capital circles, but in management consultancy as well. Although start-ups are welcoming employers for newcomers of management consultancy, they face very specific problems, which you need to be prepared for. Copycats and Patenting Strategy.

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. At BASF, chemical production sites are highly interlinked product flows resulting in efficient uses of resources. You get what you plan for when it comes to supply chain management.

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Focus on Happiness: Achieve Sucess - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

in Business Strategy. Happiness releases dopamine, a chemical which stimulates the learning centres in the brain and enables you to operate with more intelligence, creativity, and energy than would otherwise be possible. Business Strategy. Management Consulting. Focus on Happiness: Achieve Sucess. Categories. Leadership.

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Reflections on "A Moral Obscenity": How Long Ago Was a War Against Syria Decided?

MishTalk

Secretary of State John Kerry says the use of chemical weapons in Syria is " a moral obscenity ". Mr Kerry said on Monday President Bashar al-Assad’s forces’ responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in an attack which left hundreds dead last week was “undeniable”, cementing a sharp about-turn in Washington’s response to the issue.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business

Why is that some companies have great heads of strategy who make an outstanding contribution to their companies while others don’t? To answer this question, we evaluated a sample of 55 different heads of strategy and looked more closely at 11 who were particularly successful and 10 who were at the other end of the spectrum.

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What is Consulting?

Tom Spencer

They are typically employed by management, and hence they tend to be called “management consultants”. In general terms, management consulting involves providing advice to organisations with the aim of helping to improve organisational performance or solve specific business problems.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

It is often also a management decision to be proactive and become a competitive company that spends resources wisely to build shareholder value in the long run. Green finance is becoming increasingly dominant, as long-term investors see environmental risk management as a fundamental success factor in securing long-term returns.