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Enhancing Consultancy Services with ISO 20700 Guidelines

Effective Managers

Fostering Ethical Practices The ISO 20700 guidelines underscore the importance of ethical practices in consultancy. Adhering to these guidelines means consultants are committed to operating with integrity and professionalism. The guidelines encourage consultants to regularly review and enhance their methodologies and services.

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Understanding ISO 20700: Elevating Your Management Consultancy

Effective Managers

ISO 20700, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), is the first global service delivery standard specifically designed for management consulting services. The standard encourages consultants to regularly review and enhance their processes and methodologies. What is ISO 20700?

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Effective Governance: Overcoming Bias and Inertia

Tom Spencer

For example, Google popularized the 20% Rule , under which it has traditionally allowed employees to spend up to 20% of their paid work time on developing personal projects. Agile methodologies empower teams to make decisions so that they can embrace flexibility, take calculated risks, and experiment with new approaches.

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Why We Need to Audit Algorithms

Harvard Business

Ensuring that societal values are reflected in algorithms and AI technologies will require no less creativity, hard work, and innovation than developing the AI technologies themselves. That’s because — like algorithms — companies’ internal operations appear as “black boxes” to those on the outside.

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5 Steps to Strategically Positioning Your Consulting

Consulting Matters

This is me when I was in my twenties and I just got my master's degree in Organization Development. And I had this team that I was leading around human resource development. We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. How did I start positioning myself in the way that I did?

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The Consultant's Role: How to Position Yourself for Maximum Influence

Consulting Matters

This is me when I was in my twenties and I just got my master's degree in Organization Development. And I had this team that I was leading around human resource development. We had career development, organizational development, training, and development. How did I start positioning myself in the way that I did?

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Keeping Your Strategy Meetings Focused on the Long Term

Harvard Business

Mauricio is president of the European operation for a Fortune 500 manufacturing firm, and his firm has had its trials lately. One of its major suppliers is under an ethics investigation resulting in significant delays. Yet their meetings continued to focus on the day-to-day numbers, operational processes, and immediate crises.

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