Sat.Jan 18, 2020

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Boutique vs Large Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

University is a difficult journey for anyone, regardless of major. Oftentimes, it takes a lot of navigating to truly understand what you want from your experience and where you want to end up. For me, I was fortunate to study at a Canadian business school and interacted with numerous small and large companies from a variety of industries. Since graduation, I have had the pleasure of working for both a boutique and a large strategy consulting firm and wanted to share my insights on the difference

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[Vlog] Dealing with Conflict: 7 Tips for Building a Collaborative Team

Peter Stark

I’m advising an executive right now, who has this challenge. She has two employees reporting to her that hate each other’s guts. Now, I may be a little extreme with that expression but I’m pretty confident at telling you this. They don’t like each other, they don’t trust each other, and if given the choice, they don’t want to work with each other.

Meeting 41
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The Dolittle effect

Seth Godin Blog

Why is the new Dolittle movie so bad? Savaged by critics and viewers, it had: One of the most bankable movie stars in the world. A story that had previously been the basis of two hit movies. The best CGI houses in the world. Unlimited time and money. I think the best way to understand why it failed is to look at the reasons above. Ironically, it’s these assets and lack of constraints that created the circumstances that allowed the movie to become a turkey.

Meeting 28