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Competitive Advantage in Consulting and in Life

CaseInterview.com

Sometimes, the advantage is a physical asset (we have factories in 30 countries), other times it is a skill (Apple), or a culture. Your career will be much more productive and successful if you can find a "game" (a profession) that plays to your strengths and competitive advantages, instead of one that constantly exposes your weaknesses.

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Five trends of future working

SkillQuo

Technological advancement has reached an unseen height where workplaces and employment are no longer about the typical 9-5, linear path to promotion, but rather a path for extracting the greatest capabilities from employees as well as producing thought-provoking, functional, dynamic products/services.

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5 Practical Ways to Engage a Geographically Distributed Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DATASTAX

Harvard Business

If you want a distributed culture, it’s not going to happen by accident. People who were co-located bristled at the idea of having to go through the extra steps of running an efficient distributed meeting when only one or two people were not in the room with them. ” Sounds trivial, right? We usually have one huddle a week.

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Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

Operational excellence, customer intimacy, or product leadership — successful companies excel in one dimension and perform well in the others. While some banks and insurers were known for their service or products, most have long focused on operating as efficiently as possible. How to Become a Digital Enterprise.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

The culture is really crisp with very intelligent people around; in fact, some of the “best” longest-standing McKinseyites in the world are in NYC and McKinsey has significant support staff in the office as well. In New York, Bain is located at 1114 Avenue of the Americas on the 43rd Floor. headquarters in New York City.

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Call Length Is the Worst Way to Measure Customer Service

Harvard Business

In focus groups we’ve run, customers report that one of their biggest sources of frustration is the feeling that they’re being treated in a generic, robotic fashion and that the rep is trying to rush them off the phone rather than taking the time required to make sure their issue is resolved. AHT is a culture killer.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

To address this problem, this retailer planned to tag products at the item level. This would allow it to uniquely identify every product, even distinguishing fashion items by size and color, as well as proving information on its location. The resultant network of needed changes led to a 36-month program of work.

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