Tsavo Neal

JULY 20, 2017

Podcasts make amazing listening material for commutes, travel, and listening for when you don’t feel like taking out a book. You can listen in on conversations between some of the world’s greatest minds and most successful entrepreneurs. Podcasts and podcasting has grown rapidly over the past 5 years, and you can find hundreds of thousands of podcasts on iTunes alone.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 20, 2017

If you want to reach more people, if you're measuring audience size, then the mantra of the last twenty years has been simple: make it dumber. Use clickbait headlines. Short sentences. Obvious ideas. Little nuance. Don't make people uncomfortable or ask them to stretch. Remind them that they were right all along. Generate a smile or a bit of indignation.

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BCG

JULY 20, 2017

Article Thursday, July 20, 2017 South Africa is, quite literally, running out of water. By modeling potential scenarios, governments and key water users can detect when we may be heading toward a certain future and stay ahead of the curve.

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MishTalk

JULY 20, 2017

Wage and CPI inflation, even core inflation, has surprised to the downside four consecutive months. If a recession hits, and that is just a matter of time, outright price deflation is likely. Via email, Albert Edwards of Societe Generale discusses the subject in Global Strategy Weekly. (more…).

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Consultants' Consultant

JULY 20, 2017

Consultants Consultant: Just the way that you speak can give an impression of true presence. Your voice hits subconscious/unconscious buttons in the brain and make you credible, real, committed, or conversely incredible, funny or sad. Laura Sicola contends that part of why no one remembers names is because we don’t say our names properly when we’re introduced. […].

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BCG

JULY 20, 2017

Article Friday, July 21, 2017 Companies that have generated outstanding value creation over 20 years form an elite group and provide valuable lessons in how to deliver strong, sustainable results.

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Strategy+Business

JULY 20, 2017

This month's closure of a burrito shop for possible norovirus shows how vulnerable a company's image is in the digital age.

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LSA Global

JULY 20, 2017

Some leaders think they must set goals for a high performance culture that are impossible (or almost impossible) to reach in order to motivate their teams to provide maximum effort and peak performance. Other leaders believe success metrics must be set low enough so that people can consistently exceed expectations without setting themselves up to fail.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School professor, explains how rapid advances in machine learning are presenting new opportunities for businesses. He breaks down how the technology works and what it can and can’t do (yet). He also discusses the potential impact of AI on the economy, how workforces will interact with it in the future, and suggests managers start experimenting now.

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JULY 20, 2017

It’s no secret that to be successful, companies must deliver excellent customer experiences. Companies, however, can’t rely on experience strategies of the past. Linear, episodically-designed, and static experience strategies can’t keep up with today’s always-on, hyper-connected customers. Businesses need new models for innovation and growth. I caught up with Charlene Li, principal analyst at Altimeter, a Prophet company, who explained what a modern experience strategy entails and shared.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

Providing employees feedback on their performance and opportunities to develop is one of a manager’s most important tasks. As important as it is, however, it can often get pushed down pretty far on the to-do list. Many leaders face a swarm of pressing deadlines; moreover, feedback conversations can be awkward. Even the preparation for such conversations can make managers feel stressed.

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MBO Partners

JULY 20, 2017

Three risks of discounting your services along with solutions for times that it is appropriate.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

Female executives are a distinct minority , and they can be particularly rare in certain industries like mining, crude oil production, and agriculture. In such environments, they often face daunting obstacles, but could there also be unexpected advantages to being in a minority group? And, if so, what? To investigate that question, we conducted extensive field research studying grape growers in Champagne, France, a region famous for its sparkling wines.

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Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

Tax evasion is a key societal challenge and causes considerable losses in government revenue. In the U.S., these losses are estimated to be about $500 billion , roughly the size of the federal government’s annual deficit. How can we ensure that people report their income correctly? The classic approach to reducing tax evasion is to increase the probability of being detected and to increase penalties.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

Have you ever stopped to ponder the true complexities involved with trying to create a viable, safe, autonomous vehicle? The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2017

After careful review of her harried work life, Charla, an IT manager, discovered that 20% of her time over the previous two months was spent managing escalations. It seemed that each interaction with her team ended with her feeling a need to exercise her authority to rescue them from a crisis. For example: Sarah complains that Ken — a peer — repeatedly fails to include her on group emails.

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