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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Beau approached us a few months ago to ask about breaking into consulting. He had the epiphany that consulting was his calling in life, and went searching for details – finding MC in the process. We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Is that right?

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Driverless technology: a soon-to-be reality?

Tom Spencer

Flash forward over 30 years, much of the tech that the film predicted has come true. Most driverless cars at the moment operate at Level 3, so the car is in control but a human safety driver is present to intervene when required. The only question is, will we be ready for them? Image: Pexels.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not. Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not. Autopsy #1 – Borders.

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US Car Makers Crank Out Cars Around the Clock; Who is Buying the Cars?

MishTalk

Nearly 40% of car factories in North America now operate on work schedules that push production well past 80 hours a week, compared with 11% in 2008, said Ron Harbour, a senior partner with the Oliver Wyman Inc. management consulting firm. Please consider Open All Night: America''s Car Factories. There has never been a time in the U.S.

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Driverless Cars in 30 US cities; Death of Cars? Convenience vs. Cost; Comfortable Predictions

MishTalk

The trials will be run by Comet LLC, a consulting firm focused on automated vehicle commercialization. I dismiss all those arguments just as I dismissed arguments that digital would not replace film. The following year, trial programs will launch in 12 to 20 more U.S. cities by the end of 2016. The only debate is how fast this happens.

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How I Ditched the Fear of Being Seen and Launched my REAL Business

Consulting Matters

The team was poring over the guest research when the most senior operations and creative executives looked at each other across the table and said at the same time, “You know what – we need to be a DISNEY theme park.” I didn’t actually leave Disney to start a consulting business.

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Launching the Independent Consultant’s Toolkit

Management Consulted

Independent consultants make more per hour, have more flexibility , and have access to more interesting projects than average employees everywhere – and the businesses require no overhead, no investment, and no risk to get started. 1 – The Consulting CEO Bootcamp. Even better news? What you know. Your skills.