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3 Times Your Project Productivity Will Suffer (And What to Do About it)

PM Alliance

Maintaining strong productivity throughout your project’s lifecycle—across all the functional areas working to move an initiative from planning to execution—is a core component in achieving consistent project success. Difficult situations, however, often create challenges when it comes to keeping productivity levels up.

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ChatGPT: How Chatbots are Disrupting Entire Industries

Tom Spencer

As a strategy consultant at a boutique management consulting firm, I am always on the lookout for new tools that can help organizations become more efficient, effective, and innovative. As a strategy consultant at a boutique management consulting firm, I believe that ChatGPT is worth keeping an eye on as it continues to evolve and mature.

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Is Strategy still Relevant to Organization Design?

Kates Kesler

The axiom has always been to start with a clear strategy if you want to design a sound organization. But, is detailed strategy work even relevant in a world where the external environment is continually changing, requiring companies to regularly shift direction and priorities? Both strategy and organization have to be dynamic.

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The Innovator Inside: How to Overcome Institutional Inertia

Tom Spencer

You can become better at associative thinking by gaining exposure to multiple areas of knowledge. After all, it is hard to draw on ideas from diverse fields if you have an overly narrow and specialized knowledge base. However, outside the company, there are even more people and new ideas being developed.

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Deep Dive into Customer Segmentation (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

It is a critical step towards identifying growth opportunities in business and should be carried out before undertaking any of the following actions: Developing customized marketing programs (e.g. Designing an optimal channel distribution strategy (e.g. Determining appropriate product pricing (e.g. campaign optimization).

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Consulting 101: Operations, Hierarchies, and Types of Firms

Tom Spencer

Your business just launched a new product and needs to market it. Market trends have changed, and you want to make sure the product will reach the correct target customer. As a result, you hire a team of consultants to explore and recommend marketing strategies. They constantly review, edit, and improve analyst work products.

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6 Tips for Building a Powerful Slide Deck

Tom Spencer

Communicating through PowerPoint, also known as a “slide deck”, is an important part of any consulting, strategy, or analyst role. Below are six tips that you can follow to aid your process of slide development and help you build incredible presentations. Develop a Story Board. Have you felt unsure where to begin?