David A Fields
JANUARY 4, 2017
Consultants tend to sell (and believe in) rigorous processes. However, successful entrepreneurs are known to eschew process and doggedly chase results. Uh oh, what does that mean for us independent consultants? Especially when it comes to business development, should we be devoted to the process or the results?
Management Consulted
JANUARY 1, 2017
Welcome back to the last in our series on breaking down case interview frameworks. You’ve almost made it to the end of our series! By the end of this article, you’ll be well on your way to becoming an M&A case framework master. Missed out on Parts 1-3? Have no fear! Check out our breakdowns on Profitability , Market Sizing , and Market Study to become a complete expert on any kind of framework you’ll need in your case interview.
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BCG
JANUARY 4, 2017
Video Wednesday, January 04, 2017. Jürgen Schmidhuber, the scientific director of SUPSI’s Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), in Switzerland, has been a leading pioneer of artificial intelligence (AI) for three decades. His work with colleagues on recurrent neural networks, including long short-term memory (LSTM), and on other mathematical models and algorithms for solving AI problems has revolutionized several fields, including machine learning, handwriting and speech rec
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 31, 2016
Three ideas for the new year. 1. Plan a Celebration. It is common at the turn of a new year to set “resolutions” for things you want to do, change, or achieve in your life. The problem with new year’s resolutions is that, if they had been really important to you, you would have set them earlier without needing the new year as a prompt.
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Chad Barr
JANUARY 4, 2017
I was reviewing my night photos I captured from some of my recent trips to San Diego, Orlando and Santa Monica. What jumped out at me were some life and business insights that I gleaned from these images and realized that these insights are all around us. We must simply heighten our senses and learn from our surroundings. Here are some of what I saw in the pictures and how I see them apply to life and business: Beauty – When passion is an integral part of our business and our life, beauty then i
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BCG
JANUARY 5, 2017
Article Thursday, January 05, 2017. The B2B market for the Internet of Things (IoT) is taking off. And huge numbers of vendors—including software, hardware, and internet companies; startups; service providers; and telcos—are jockeying for position and market share. With so much action in the IoT space, one question should be at the top of every IoT provider’s list of concerns: Where are the growth opportunities?
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 2, 2017
In a remarkably fruitful 40-year career, Terry Winograd has pioneered the fraught and vital labor of human-computer interaction (HCI). An early evangelist -- and then skeptic -- of artificial intelligence, Winograd founded Stanford University's graduate program in HCI, and has been a crucial advisor to the founders of such Silicon Valley stalwarts as Google, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
MishTalk
JANUARY 5, 2017
Congratulations to Congress for the most productive legislation in years, if not decades: House Passes Bill to Overturn ‘Midnight’ Regulations En Masse. (more…).
Consultants' Consultant
JANUARY 1, 2017
Consultants Consultant: We all, um, like, use basically unnecessary words. Here are some that, well, you know, you might like to err um focus on. The post Filler words we, like, don’t need appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
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BCG
JANUARY 4, 2017
Article Wednesday, January 04, 2017. Ask most people working in government agencies and NGOs why they chose their vocations, and they’ll tell you that they wanted to make a difference and thought a career in the public sector would be rewarding. But they may also say that the reality is very different. When we interview public-sector workers around the world, we commonly find people who are frustrated, unenthusiastic, and full of angst.
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 3, 2017
A veteran management professor at Cornell University's ILR School recommends four books that can help leaders hone the ability to achieve their agendas.
MishTalk
JANUARY 3, 2017
Manufacturing jobs have already been decimated by robots. White collar workers are next in line. Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance in Japan is about to replace claim adjusters with a software robot from IBM. (more…).
Consultants' Consultant
DECEMBER 31, 2016
Consultants Consultant: Enter your details here to get a free copy of DIY Offsite to your inbox. The post DIY offsites appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
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BCG
JANUARY 5, 2017
Focus Thursday, January 05, 2017. The business world, like the geopolitical world, has entered a new age of uncertainty. Turbulence is affecting more and more industries, more frequently and more severely. One-time market leaders and corporate giants fall rapidly from grace, having failed to modernize or having lost out to nimble competitors. BlackBerry and Blockbuster are among the high-profile casualties.
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 4, 2017
For companies, sustaining a consistently high level of performance requires unique capabilities that may differ sharply from the strategies they used to succeed in the first place.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 31, 2016
I was laughing the moment I saw the Washington Post headline story Russian hackers penetrated U.S.electricity grid through a utility in Vermont. I did not touch the story because I thought it was BS. And it was. (more…).
Harvard Business
JANUARY 4, 2017
Paul,* the CEO of Maxreed, a global publishing company, was having trouble sleeping. Publishing is an industry that’s changing even faster than most other fast-changing industries, but Paul wasn’t awake worrying about his strategy. He had a solid plan that took advantage of new technologies, and the board and his leadership team were aligned around it.
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Clarity Consultants
JANUARY 4, 2017
We’ve scoured the web for all of the cutting edge learning and development stories and curated them for you in one, easy to read newsletter. Take a look!
Seth Godin Blog
JANUARY 1, 2017
Attitude is the most important choice any of us will make. We made it yesterday and we get another choice to make it today. And then again tomorrow. The choice to participate. To be optimistic. To intentionally bring out the best in other people. We make the choice to inquire, to be curious, to challenge the status quo. To give people the benefit of the doubt.
MishTalk
JANUARY 5, 2017
Uber and Lyft have been working on ride-sharing algorithms with some degree of success. For example, in San Francisco, Lyft’s carpooling service makes up 50% of rides. Professor Daniela Rus of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researched actual taxi data and determined 3,000 ride-sharing cars could replace every cab in New York City.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 5, 2017
If a good friend tells you about an ordeal they’re facing or a mistake they’ve made, how do you typically respond? In all likelihood, you offer kindness and comfort, perhaps speaking in a warm and soothing tone, and maybe offering a hug to show how much you care. When your friend recovers and the conversation continues, chances are that you’ll expand your support by encouraging your friend to take necessary action or try to discover how to steer clear of similar difficulties.
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Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c
Consultants' Consultant
JANUARY 3, 2017
Consultants Consultant: If 40% of your day is driven by habits, then new habits help you get what you want. Here are two great pieces of advice on getting the good life. My favourite one is “Don’t make life plans. Cultivate opportunities” Find out which one is yours. The post Getting happier appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 2, 2017
Technology and the Internet of Things are eroding the boundaries that have long classified businesses. Here's how to change your company's approach.
MishTalk
JANUARY 3, 2017
Hello retailers, fast food restaurants, and employers in general. Expect your costs of doing business will soar in 2017. In over half the nation, population-wise, minimum wages hikes kick in this year. 19 States Will Increase the Minimum Wage at the Start of 2017 , with two more states plus Washington D.C. hiking mid-year. (more…).
Seth Godin Blog
JANUARY 5, 2017
Luxury goods are only consumed when we've got enough. You shouldn't go shopping for a Birkin bag with your last dollar. It's easy to believe that kindness is like that. We need more reserves, perhaps, before we can expend some of what we've got in this generous way. You've had a hard day, it's raining out, the world is changing, your boss is mean to you, the checking account is overdrawn, you're on deadline.
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