Johanna Rothman
JUNE 27, 2018
When I teach any sort of product/project/portfolio management, I ask, “Who believes multitasking works?” Always, at least several managers raise their hands. They believe multitasking works because they multitask all the time. Why? Because the managers have short work-time and long decision-wait time. If you are a manager, your time for any given decision looks like this: The work-time is short.
Henry DeVries
JUNE 27, 2018
Getting ahead of life before life happens can save families drama, trauma, chaos and big money, and allow them to be more present in situations when it really counts.
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Management Consulting Prep
JUNE 27, 2018
A. Overview Recently, I have been receiving emails concerning the Bain’s test. Rumor is that several Bain offices have employed test to screen out candidates before inviting them to case. The post Bain Screening Test: Overview & Official Sample Tests appeared first on Management Consulting Prep.
Chad Barr
JUNE 27, 2018
Photo by: Chad Barr. For as long as I can remember, I love investing in my continued education. It provides me the ability to stimulate my mind, explore new innovations, discover what others are doing, stay on top of the latest and greatest, exchange ideas, while meeting fascinating people. Each year I found myself selecting several key growth opportunities to attend that would push me outside my comfort zone.
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Consultants' Consultant
JUNE 27, 2018
Consultants Consultant: One of the things that separates a good data scientist from a great data scientist is really that communication with the people who actually do the jobs, who are familiar with the problem you are trying to solve. Because at the end of the day that helps you with features. They’re going to know way […]. The post Good vs Great Data Scientist appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
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Martinka Consulting
JUNE 27, 2018
We have some house guests, a young couple from Ecuador, he having been an exchange student of ours a dozen years ago. On May 8 I showed them the front page of the Seattle Times and an article about how a survey showed the high cost of living is the number one thing people don’t like about the area (taking over the perennial top item, traffic). Cost of living really means the cost of housing.
Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 27, 2018
There is no market. There are markets. And markets have segments. There are people who enjoy buying expensive wine. There are people who will save up their money to have a big wedding. There are people who pay to have a personal trainer… And within segments, there are careful consumers, traditional consumers, consumers who seek out the cutting edge.
Harvard Business
JUNE 27, 2018
Pascal Deloche/GODONG/Getty Images. Compared with the nerve-wracking prospect of giving a lecture, presenting on a panel may seem to be a safer option. After all, you’re responding to targeted questions rather than monologuing, and you’re not the sole focus of audience attention. But there are often hidden challenges when it comes to navigating panel discussions.
MBO Partners
JUNE 27, 2018
A monthly summary of independent contractor misclassification and compliance news. This is the June, 2018 edition.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 27, 2018
Bhaskar Chakravorti, the dean of global business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, analyzes the economic impact of India’s unprecedented demonetization move in 2016. With no advance warning, India pulled the two largest banknotes from circulation, notes that accounted for 86% of cash transactions in a country where most payments happen in cash.
Harvard Business
JUNE 27, 2018
Dirk Anschutz/Getty Images. Raymond closed down. Sandra snapped. They both had solid records and promising career prospects, and yet they felt that something was not working. Their bosses, colleagues, friends could tell too, but they were equally puzzled. How could someone so talented get so lost, or lose it, in seemingly trivial discussions, for no obvious reason?
Harvard Business
JUNE 27, 2018
Holger Weitzel/Getty Images. Consumers almost always tell researchers that they prefer to have many versions of a product from which to choose. But, in fact, consumers’ perceptions of how many choices they prefer change depending on whether they intend to use an item for pleasure or to meet a functional need. (Think of a swimsuit desired for beachwear versus swimming laps.
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