Tue.Mar 06, 2018

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The 10 Greatest Questions to Ask Consulting Prospects

David A Fields

You’re a consultant. You solve problems and give advice. Your wisdom and sagacity determine your to clients, and you are literally paid to announce your well-reasoned thoughts. And yet, in the pursuit of new clients, your most profitable course is to learn rather than to inform.

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The 5 Phases of Becoming Crisis Ready

Melissa Agnes

Becoming crisis ready is a process. It’s not something that just happens overnight. Fortunately, there’s a method to this process that can take any organization, of any size, type, and industry, from their current level of crisis readiness, straight through to building an invincible brand—which, as you know, is the ultimate benefit of being crisis ready.

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A flag or a constitution?

Seth Godin Blog

A flag is a signal. It's vivid, abstract and it represents memories and expectations. A constitution is studied, dissected, challenged, amended, fought over.  That next thing you're working on as you build your culture, your practice, your brand, which is it? No sense arguing over the design of your flag. Better to focus on what it stands for instead.

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Accelerate Culture Change by Leveraging Your Strengths

LSA Global

To Accelerate Culture Change, Focus on the Strengths of Your Culture. Unless you have a systemic culture problem that threatens the very existence of your business, we advise our clients to focus on what’s right with their culture rather than what’s wrong if they want to accelerate culture change. In our over twenty years of helping clients transform their corporate culture , we have found that when companies focus less on what’s toxic in their culture and more on what’s healthy, they are able t

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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How to Partner with Outside Innovators in Health Care

Harvard Business

Jamie Jones/Getty Images. In my 20 years of researching and teaching innovation, one consistent theme stands out: breakthrough innovation often comes from outsiders. To accelerate innovation in healthcare technology we need to give creative people who don’t have traditional health science backgrounds more opportunities to participate. Outsiders often look at problems in new ways.

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What to Do If Calls, Texts, and Coworker Drop-bys Are Stressing You Out

Harvard Business

Malte Mueller/Getty Images. Your back tenses. Your eyes dart. Your mind races. No, it’s not caused by an impending animal attack or even a scary e-mail from your boss. It’s receiving a text from a close friend, seeing your significant other on your caller ID, or a coworker dropping by to chat during your workday. Why this reaction? You want to connect with these people and maintain a relationship, so why does communication from them or requests like going out to lunch feel like a thr

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Online Reviews Are Biased. Here’s How to Fix Them

Harvard Business

ryccio/Getty Images. In the age of the internet, reputations are almost never a blank slate. Consumers are surrounded by online reviews thanks to other consumers who’ve gone to the trouble of posting opinions about products and services online. But online reviews are a dual-edged sword. On the one hand, they’re a blessing if they help consumers to make more informed decisions.

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Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?

Harvard Business

Ralf Pollack / EyeEm/Getty Images. Last year Facebook became the second largest e-commerce company in Africa after Jumia, the industry leader. The American social media giant did not celebrate that feat, though, because it never promoted itself as an e-commerce firm. But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations.

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Getting Value from Machine Learning Isn’t About Fancier Algorithms — It’s About Making It Easier to Use

Harvard Business

juan díaz faes for hbr. Machine learning can drive tangible business value for a wide range of industries — but only if it is actually put to use. Despite the many machine learning discoveries being made by academics, new research papers showing what is possible, and an increasing amount of data available, companies are struggling to deploy machine learning to solve real business problems.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr