Fri.Oct 08, 2021

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How to Eliminate the Whirlwind & Increase Productivity

Rick Conlow

Many managers harp on the all-too-disorderly whirlwind way of doing business these days. Today, even when we leave the office, we are always accessible, we are in constant contact with others and typically, we are expected to be “on” all the time. If we do not respond to an email or a text within a certain number of minutes not hours, we know we will get a call.

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Uncommon Career Advice: Jobs Are Like Relationships – Approach them the Same Way

Tom Spencer

Let’s say you get into a great MBA program. You go in with a clear post-MBA goal. Going through the motions of the program you get talking with your peers. Everyone has different goals and different reasons for pursuing them. Most of them are aiming to get into consulting, some want to launch enterprises, others want to go back to their old jobs. There are also subsections of these groups.

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Getting the most out of remote recruiting

The Source

A great deal has been written about the impact that the pandemic has had on consultants’ ability to deliver work for their clients—and the ways in which remote working has created both challenges and opportunities for the sector. But while it’s certainly true that consulting firms have had to go through a period of adaptation in order to operate effectively in a more virtualised world, it’s also important to recognise that these adaptations have not been limited to the domain of project delivery

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Imagining the Hybrid College Campus

Harvard Business

How higher ed can reach a more diverse student population, meet the needs of a changing workforce, and provide lifelong learning opportunities.

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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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Crowding the pan

Seth Godin Blog

No matter what it is you’re cooking, if you put too much in the pot, it’s not going to come out as well. Very few things scale forever. The hardest moment to stop scaling our work is the moment when it’s working the best. And that’s precisely the moment when we need to have the guts to stop making it bigger.

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Top Microlearning Myths to Avoid

LSA Global

Micro Bursts of Learning Microlearning, or learning in shorts bursts, is a trend that suits many of today’s workers. This approach to learning – a kind of training on the go – is desirable for employees who have little extra time, who are comfortable with technology, who are never without a device, and who aspire to continuous learning in pursuit of individual and career growth.

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How Business Leaders Can Reduce Polarization

Harvard Business

Twelve strategies to help you bridge divides within your company — and your broader community.

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The Future of Digital Regulation: A Case Study of the GDPR

Tom Spencer

I have recently been asked questions on how pioneering inventions will interact with government regulation in multiple consultancy interviews. Cryptocurrency, electric and self-driving cars, 5G bandwidth, and the Internet of Things represent some of the technologies with the greatest market potential for the upcoming decade, and so making predictions on how they will develop is a key task of any management consulting firm.

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Should Your Global Firm Centralize Digital Operations?

Harvard Business

Researchers found that more often than not the answer is yes. Here’s why.

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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

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Why Procurement and Supply Chain Functions Need to Converge - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GEP

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from GEP.

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