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Blockchain: New Use Cases for Governments and Business

Tom Spencer

Governments, businesses, and individuals are developing new use cases for blockchain as barriers to adoption continue to decrease. Blockchain has already had a significant impact in the finance industry with the global cryptocurrency market cap now exceeding $1 trillion. Governments should support the adoption of blockchain technology.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. Consulting though has many aspects – it’s not just about smooth talking. What are the different types of consultants? What value do consultants provide?

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The Future Face of the Consulting Industry

Tom Spencer

This article will examine some of the transitions that the pandemic has precipitated in the consulting industry , and prognosticate about what the future face of consulting will look like in a post pandemic world. Shift 3: Internal Consulting. Shift 4: Sustainability Consulting. However, the changes don’t stop there.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

If you accept that money touches everything in your business and your Government contracts bids, you would be right. Being vibrant and a front-runner about pricing is more than just slogging through the Government tables. Being vibrant and a front-runner about pricing is more than just slogging through the Government tables.

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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

Business organisations and management consultants have long had a contractual rather than an employer/employee relationship. Consultants are one example of these contractual workers in the sense that consulting firms are legally bound by a contractual agreement to their respective client. The bottom line.

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The Role of Consultants in an AI-Driven World

Tom Spencer

This is the third of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. After all, if machines are capable of many of the tasks that we currently rely on humans to do, what role will flesh-and-blood consultants play in the future? This is where consultants can play a critical role.

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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

Knowing the ins and outs of upcoming trends in finance is indispensable for any aspiring consultant. A prime example for such a question is how finance is adapting to the issue of climate change, and might assist its mitigation. Green Finance. Final thoughts. Image: Pexels.