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Effective Governance: Overcoming Bias and Inertia

Tom Spencer

However, larger businesses often face challenges that hinder the efficacy and efficiency of their governance systems, impeding their ability to adapt, innovate, and thrive. To overcome inertia, businesses should foster a culture of innovation by creating space for employees to challenge the status quo and propose new ideas.

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Your Consulting Niche vs Jack-of-All-Trades Myth

Successful Independent Consulting

Here are some excerpts from their résumés and profiles: PROFESSIONAL SUMMARIES Organizational change expert with 16 years of experience in large-scale technology implementations for the Fortune 500. Translation: change management for IT projects. Absolutely, but that’s not what makes them unique. What problems do you solve?

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects. Determining if your system is truly “unified” starts with looking at your core processes to determine if they’re working. Does your culture enable problem-solving/exploration? Can they scale? Or on an ad-hoc basis?

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Eastman Kodak Company and IBM completed an agreement hiring IBM to design, build and manage a new state-of-the-art data center for Kodak in Rochester, NY under the brand name Integrated Systems Solutions (ISSC). In 1998, IBM acquired The Chem Systems Group Inc. Information Technology. Cognizant – very technology focused.

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