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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

Experienced operators in the field have better knowledge and more current information than remote dictators or their mercenary agents do. Standard operating procedures fail because the situations are by definition nonstandard. The variability and unpredictability of events are too high for rigid directives.

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Hate Your Commute Now? It's Going to Get Worse

MishTalk

Liz and I traveled this past Labor Day weekend. Unions and prevailing wage laws massively drive up construction costs. the construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public. ENGI = International Union of Operating Engineers. operators of various types of power equipment). Davis-Bacon Background.

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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

A fun fact – Jenny Rae was an economics major at UVA, but famously decided to shave her head and travel the world after graduation (yeah, her parents were really proud). If all you have is trading, investment, and financial experience on your resume, the firms will wonder how interested you are in business operations.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

However, they tend to have an intense lifestyle with lots of travel, face-to-face engagements, and long hours as a result. If you are interested in a career with a lot of travel, this could be a good place for you. Hours, though flexible, can still be long, and travel is a weekly reality. Employee Satisfaction. Of its $37.7

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The New Merchants of Data: Creating a More Equitable Exchange of Data Between Digital Businesses and their Customers - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business

Now the rise of digital technologies has added a third construct: data equity. In another engagement, an “experience as a service” platform was created with an aviation company to implement an integrated digital platform for travelers. But as Lanier rightfully questioned — who ultimately owns this data?

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

At the peak of streetcar travel in the mid-1920s, some 800 streetcars covering 200 miles of track carried 97 million passenger trips a year. Tucson''s $196 million Sun Link Streetcar Project, recently named the Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association, will operate on a 3.9-mile

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What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors

Harvard Business

As the tension built, the chance of working together positively and constructively to add value for the benefit of all shareholders slipped away. One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit. Think Positive: Where Does the Activist Fit as a Shareholder?