Management Consulted
APRIL 27, 2014
'A prospective management consultant without basic business understanding is like a camera tripod with 2 legs — it just won’t work out for you. Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews.
David A Fields
MAY 2, 2014
'All images and text are the copyright of David A. Fields. (c) 2014 David A. Fields. All rights reserved. The post Darwin the Evolved Consultant’s – Consulting in 3 steps appeared first on David A. Fields.
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Tom Spencer
APRIL 28, 2014
'The logistics industry provides opportunities for both movers and shapers. (Source: Flickr ). BACK in the good old days, before the PC and Macintosh, if you wanted something done you would often just do it yourself. Companies sent their own trucks to the factory to pick up supplies, and the local department store could do “home deliveries” if you were happy to wait a week or so.
Women in Consulting
MAY 1, 2014
'By: Wendy Wood. Strategic branding is an essential part of your business. Your brand is your promise to your customer. It tells them what they can expect from your product or service and how you differentiate from others with similar offerings. Yet, the most important (and most often overlooked) expression of your brand is based on your personality, your values, who you want to be and how others perceive you.
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Melissa Agnes
MAY 1, 2014
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MishTalk
APRIL 30, 2014
'Chinese construction firms can 3-D print 10 low-cost houses a day with machines that add layer after layer of quick-drying cement in a process called "contour crafting". A private company in east China recently used a giant printer set to print out ten full-sized houses within just one day. The stand-alone one-story houses in the Shanghai Hi-Tech Industrial Park look just like ordinary buildings.
Strategy+Business
MAY 2, 2014
'Stephen Wolfram is best known for his technical discoveries, but his most ingenious invention may turn out to be a successful company that he built around his own idiosyncrasies: his decisions about where to work, when to work, and how to work--in a nutshell, his insistence on building a corporate culture that behaves a lot like he does. You might expect that from one of the few men who was treated as an equal in public by Steve Jobs.
The Nonprofit Consultant
MAY 1, 2014
'I''m not sure how closely any of you have been following the legal battles over "net neutrality" but the FCC has issued new (draft) rules that would effectively kill it (along with the ability of most nonprofits to use the web as an inexpensive communications strategy), all while wrapping itself up in the language of net neutrality. Net neutrality is the concept that all content traffic on the web should be treated equally, and that ISPs (the companies you purchase your internet access from, li
David A Fields
APRIL 30, 2014
'A question I was asked… My prospect called after checking my references and now wants more references that were more relevant to his business. I gave him four top references and I don’t feel that I need to give him more, what should I say?… See my response in the Solo Consultant’s Network. The post What if a Prospect Wants More References?
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MishTalk
MAY 2, 2014
'Initial Reaction This month sported another amazing difference between the household survey and the payroll survey. The difference is so vast that looking at the numbers in isolation, one might think the results were from two different countries. The headline number from the payroll survey beat expectations by a mile with 288,000 jobs, but beneath the surface, the household survey shows employment declined by 73,000.
Chad Barr
APRIL 30, 2014
This week’s reflection point: You probably thinking, “is he talking about me?” No, I am not. I am talking about them. I recently spoke with one of my clients who shared with me that if her site is not perfect, it impacts her self-esteem. I suggested that her issues are not web-driven and perhaps she needs the help of a therapist. Other clients wanted us to change the size of the fonts by half a point and lighten the color.
The Thirsty Dog
APRIL 29, 2014
This post by Jason Price can be seen at The Thirsty Dog Blog - Seattle's Finest Blog on Business and Consulting by Jason Price. If you've worked in corporate America in the last 5-10 years you have undoubtedly taken a 'Best Place to Work' survey for your company. But do they reflect the reality within the companies they survey or an altered state of perception?
David A Fields
APRIL 28, 2014
'A question I was asked… I have a couple projects that I would like some help with. How can I find a freelancer? … See my response in the Solo Consultant’s Network. The post How to Use Freelancers appeared first on David A. Fields. Consultants Context Discussion Creating Value Relationships adding value agreements positioning.
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MishTalk
MAY 1, 2014
'A Gallup survey on looking for greener pastures shows Half in Illinois and Connecticut Want to Move Elsewhere. Every state has at least some residents who are looking for greener pastures, but nowhere is the desire to move more prevalent than in Illinois and Connecticut. In both of these states, about half of residents say that if given the chance to move to a different state, they would like to do so.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 28, 2014
'Customers and capabilities--not the competition--should take center stage when developing strategies.
Seth Godin Blog
MAY 1, 2014
'Enrich your world by creating value for others. Enrich your health by walking twenty minutes a day. Enrich your community by contributing to someone, without keeping score. Enrich your relationships by saying what needs to be said. Enrich your standing by trusting someone else. Enrich your organization by doing more than you''re asked. Enrich your skills by learning something new, something scary.
Gina Abudi
MAY 1, 2014
'A mini case study. Sarah is in middle of facilitating a key decision making meeting with her team. There is a serious problem on the project that must be resolved. It took a while to get this meeting scheduled because the people who needed to be involved are working on a number of other initiatives. [.]. The post Disruptive Team Members appeared first on Gina Abudi.
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MishTalk
APRIL 27, 2014
'Via email, Ben VanMetre at the Illinois Policy Institute mentions huge tax hikes that Progressives are angling for. The tax hikes are so steep and so universal that even thinking union members are against the hikes. From VanMetre State Sen. Don Harmon and advocates for his progressive tax proposal argue that the progressive income tax will provide tax relief for Illinois’ middle class.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 30, 2014
'The app markets are winning--it''s time to focus on working (and winning) within them.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 30, 2014
'This actually means, "it wasn''t important enough." It wasn''t a high priority, fun, distracting, profitable or urgent enough to make it to the top of the list. Every few days, Twitter and Facebook soak up a billion hours of ''spare'' time. Where did that time come from? What did we do before social media was here? Weren''t we busy five years ago? Running out of time is mostly a euphemism, and the smart analyst realizes that it''s a message about something else.
1 to 1
APRIL 30, 2014
'Content may be "king" to some, and "queen" to others, but as this emerging marketing strategy continues to occupy the minds of professionals across industries, one may soon argue that content represents the entire royal family. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.
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MishTalk
APRIL 28, 2014
'In The Long Goodbye , economist Andy Xie says People around the world will only begin to question their economic policymakers when they realize living standards are slowly worsening. The recent tumbling of Internet and biotech stocks may indicate that the speculation in such stocks has peaked. But, unlike in 2000, the bursting will occur in slow motion.
Martinka Consulting
APRIL 30, 2014
'Saturday night we were watching Restaurant Impossible as we ate dinner. Regular readers of my newsletters know that I write a lot about how business owners need to reduce dependencies, usually the business’s dependency on the owner. In this case it was on the key employee. Her many hats included: Back of the house manager. Baker. Cook. Bookkeeper. Bartender.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 26, 2014
'The connection economy is based on generosity. After all, why would someone want to connect to a selfish organization? But the critical need for generosity as an element of our new economy is easy to get lost because it leads to the question, “what is generosity?”. The obvious answer, I think, is the wrong one. Generosity is not merely giving a discount, or giving what you make away or creating a race to the bottom.
1 to 1
MAY 2, 2014
'In my latest Forrester report, "5 Steps To Create And Sustain Customer-Centric Culture," I answered the question I hear most often from clients: What are the steps in the process to actually transform organizational culture to be customer centric? I interviewed companies that have successfully completed this transformation, and companies that are in the midst of that process right now.
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