David A Fields
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
You want to write an article, give a speech, post a podcast, distribute a video or disseminate some other form of conceptual brilliance. Why? Because when your intellectual barbeque sauce is lip-smacking good, it generates consulting clients. Also, you have a great idea: a concept, model, approach or insight that will be hugely valuable for … Continued.
Melissa Agnes
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Each month I answer questions from real people doing real work in–or learning about–crisis readiness. This month’s question comes from Natalia who asked me some core questions that pertain to crisis management and crisis readiness, such as: “What is crisis management and what does it mean to be a crisis management professional?” “What are some of the most common mistakes organizations make in the midst of crises and issues?
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Consulthon
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Hello, I am requested to building a standard operating procedure for a client facing role, where the pace is very fast (teller role in a bank). I need to know if an activity network might be a bett.
Rod Burkert
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
I hope you found our last conversation about using HARO (Help A Reporter Out) inspires you to sign up and start growing your authority by sharing your insights with journalists who need your expertise for stories appearing in national news outlets. On to this week. I just turned in my 42nd Practicing Solo interview for NACVA’s Value Examiner. That represents seven years of interviewing some of our profession’s seasoned and new sole practitioners.
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Kai Davis
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Earlier this week I got this question. If I follow-up with a past client to see if they have any new projects they need help with, will I appear desperate or look like I’m offending them or wasting their time? I have several things to say about this. First, in my experience, it’s impossible to know what someone is thinking or feeling unless they tell you.
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Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Conflict resolution expert Donna Hicks explores the poorly understood and underutilized power of dignity.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Because the IT team is interacting with your customers. And they call them users. Or ignore them. The local bank, for example, decided that adding a seventh and eighth digit to its two-factor authentication system would make it more secure (it’s a vanishingly small difference, but that’s a story for another day.) I’m sure that they didn’t consider the cost to the thousands of customers who will use it millions of times of day.
Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Conflict resolution expert Donna Hicks explores the poorly understood and underutilized power of dignity.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Digital business reached a tipping point in 2018 as organizations scaled their digital capabilities. Eighty-seven percent of senior business leaders say that digitalization is now a priority and in many cases is a do-or-die imperative. In our surveys, more than 66% of CEOs said they expect their companies to change their business model in the next three years, with 62% reporting they have management initiatives or transformation programs underway to make their business more digital.
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MBO Partners
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Follow these five tips to prepare your global business for the changes IR35 will bring to off-payroll working in the private sector.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Jakal Pan/Getty Images. We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. ecosystems, such as Silicon Valley, Seattle, and New York. But as with so many aspects of American economic ingenuity, high-tech startups have now truly gone global. The past decade or so has seen the dramatic growth of startup ecosystems around the world, from Shanghai and Beijing, to Mumbai and Bangalore, to London, Berlin, Stockholm, Toronto and Te
Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Conflict resolution expert Donna Hicks explores the poorly understood and underutilized power of dignity.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Microzoa/Getty Images. When setting team goals, many managers feel that they must maintain a tricky balance between setting targets high enough to achieve impressive results and setting them low enough to keep the troops happy. But the assumption that employees are more likely to welcome lower goals doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. In fact, our research indicates that in some situations people perceive higher goals as easier to attain than lower ones—and even when that’s not the c
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Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Several recent clients want help with these problems: Estimation isn't accurate. Because the estimation isn't accurate, management can't predict when they can release anything. Managers can't manage the capitalization (a way to move from expensing software to capitalizing it). Teams can't seem to ever deliver a finished feature. The work in progress everywhere is quite large.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Data science can enable wholly new and innovative capabilities that can completely differentiate a company. But those innovative capabilities aren’t so much designed or envisioned as they are discovered and revealed through curiosity-driven tinkering by the data scientists. So, before you jump on the data science bandwagon, think less about how data science will support and execute your plans and think more about how to create an environment to empower your data scientists to come up with
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Classen Rafael/Getty Images. Blockchain has the power to change our world for the better in so many ways. It can provide unbanked people with digital wallets, prevent fraud, and replace outdated systems with more efficient ones. But we still need this new and improved world to be one that we want to live in. The largest cryptocurrencies — Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum — require vast amounts of energy consumption to function.
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