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Job Hub: Uber Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

” The first example that comes to mind when you think of the new sharing economy, Uber has fashioned itself as a quicker, cheaper and ultimately better alternative to taxis. ———– History & Culture. The post Job Hub: Uber Jobs and Culture appeared first on Management Consulted.

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What to Do About Employee Survey Fatigue

LSA Global

Employers understandably want to gather feedback from their workers , so they learn where best to focus efforts to improve leadership behaviors, business operations, and corporate culture. Results should be shared broadly and in a timely fashion. Yet Another Survey?

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Top 3 Strategic Expectations for Leaders

LSA Global

Most companies take it for granted that their top leaders can operationally handle the day-to-day leadership pressures required to meet short-term targets, establish a high performance culture to engage and retain top talent, and simultaneously be masters of their area of expertise.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting. Paul Akers has done amazing work leading lean at FastCap in just this fashion. He describes his “shock and awe” approach (my terminology) in his excellent book The Lean Turnaround , where he takes the company through several week-long kaizen events.

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Thoughts on PwC’s Booz Purchase

Tom Spencer

Back in 2001, Enron collapsed in spectacular fashion and Arthur Andersen , Enron’s auditor of 16 years, was implicated in the accounting scandal and ultimately went out of business. Less than half of PwC’s revenues now come from its assurance business, and consulting is one of its fastest growing operations. Cultural Integration.

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3 Common Mistakes That Can Derail Your Team’s Predictive Analytics Efforts

Harvard Business

As fashionable as it is, “data science” is not a business objective or a learning objective in and of itself. Rather, it alludes to a culture — one of smart people doing creative things to find value in their data. The problem at hand is to optimize your large-scale operations. But the solution to what?

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

Harvard Business

Without building on the basis of a digital operating model, there is no way to ensure alignment among a company’s digital initiatives. Operational excellence, customer intimacy, or product leadership — successful companies excel in one dimension and perform well in the others. Digital transformation requires new strengths.