David A Fields
JULY 20, 2016
Wouldn’t life be easier if the world revolved around what you’re already good at? Sleeping, for instance, or eating, or laughing at videos of giggling babies. Fortunately, as a consultant, your work world does revolve around a skill you’ve already mastered. Better yet, when you apply that skill to business development you’ll drum up plenty of new clients.
Steve Shu Consulting
JULY 22, 2016
Inside Nudging is written for management professionals and scientists to feed their thinking and discussions about implementing behavioral science initiatives (which includes behavioral economics and finance) in business settings. Situations include the incubation of innovation centers, behavioral science overlay capabilities, and advancement of existing organizations.
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Management Consulted
JULY 17, 2016
Welcome back to our series on using frameworks to break down case interviews. In our first article, we provided an overview of frameworks and how you can use them to solve any case that gets put in front of you. In our last article, we took an in depth look at Market Sizing. Today, we’re looking at profit, which is probably the most important framework.
BCG
JULY 20, 2016
Interactive Thursday, July 21, 2016. BCG’s Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA) is a comprehensive, objective diagnostic tool for evaluating the relative level of well-being for citizens in 162 countries plus Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. (For the sake of simplicity, we refer to all entities as “countries.”) SEDA defines well-being through three elements—economics, investments, and sustainability—that comprise ten key areas, or dimensions.
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Melissa Agnes
JULY 19, 2016
When Diamond Reynolds used her cell phone and Facebook Live to live-stream the unfortunate situation she found herself in, mere minutes after her boyfriend, Philando Castile, was fatally shot by a police officer, there was no stopping what would happen next. With the click of a couple of buttons, the story was instantaneously and irrevocably out there, and the world was watching, sharing and drawing their own conclusions.
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Management Consulted
JULY 17, 2016
Welcome back to our series on using frameworks to break down case interviews. In our first article, we provided an overview of frameworks and how you can use them to solve any case that gets put in front of you. In our last article, we took an in depth look at Market Sizing. Today, we’re looking at profit, which is probably the most important framework.
BCG
JULY 20, 2016
Report Thursday, July 21, 2016. Leaders around the world increasingly recognize that GDP alone cannot give a full picture of a country's performance. The well-being of citizens is an even more important measure. The Boston Consulting Group’s Sustainable Economic Development Assessment (SEDA) is a powerful diagnostic designed to provide government leaders with a perspective on how effectively their countries convert wealth, as measured by income levels, into well-being.
Kates Kesler
JULY 17, 2016
The work of organization design benefits from a thoughtful, inclusive process where leaders can iterate and explore alternatives and align on a path forward. The reality is that tight deadlines, fear of broad involvement, and a too-narrow view of the problem to solve or potential solutions often threaten to derail good design decisions. We see 10 common pitfalls to avoid or manage for effective project outcomes: Pitfalls.
Melissa Agnes
JULY 21, 2016
Earlier this week I published an article that highlighted the risk and potential impact of live-streamed crises. As a follow-on to that post, in this week’s #crisisready video, I discuss some key aspects that you and your team should be considering, in order to prepare for and mitigate this emerging risk. Have a watch! Tips for addressing and incorporating the risk of live-streaming into your crisis preparedness program.
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Harvard Business
JULY 22, 2016
We recently gave a talk about change. At the start of the Q&A session, one young woman’s hand shot up. She brightly said into the microphone: “I am someone who loves change! I embrace change! I welcome change!” She then paused, and asked a poignant yet plaintive question: “But how can I make sure that all this change doesn’t disrupt my day?
BCG
JULY 20, 2016
Article Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Is globalization over? Some commentators consider the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union to be a sign that it is. The decision—known as Brexit—is seen as reversing the trend toward greater global integration. Historically, globalization, or progressively closer global economic integration, has been driven by the tradeoff favoring global economics over local politics.
MishTalk
JULY 18, 2016
Turkey in Wonderland To borrow a phrase from Alice in Wonderland, events and questions regarding the “rabbit hole” failed coup … Continue reading →
Strategy+Business
JULY 19, 2016
Not every new entrant in your market is a disruption. Learn how to diagnose and respond to threats. For further insights, read "Diagnosing Dislocation.
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Harvard Business
JULY 18, 2016
Vincent Tsui for HBR. When Frederick Taylor published his pioneering principles of scientific management in 1912, the repetitive and mundane nature of most jobs required employees to think as little as possible. Breaking down each task into basic components and standardizing workers’ behaviors to eliminate choice and flexibility could help managers turn employees into productive machines, albeit with alienated spirits.
BCG
JULY 20, 2016
Video Wednesday, July 20, 2016. When Risto Siilasmaa became chairman of Nokia, in 2012, the company was flirting with bankruptcy. Equity analysts had turned their backs on the company, and consumers were flocking to Apple and Android phones. Nokia has transformed many times in its 150-year history. It started as a paper mill and expanded into forestry, rubber, and cables before settling on phones and networking equipment in the 1980s, at the dawn of the mobile era.
MishTalk
JULY 20, 2016
Inquiring minds may be interested in the number of military officers, generals, judges, teachers, and ordinary citizens detained or fired … Continue reading →
Martinka Consulting
JULY 22, 2016
A year or two after we started “Partner” On-Call Network someone got the URL for Partners On Call (plural) and held us up for (what turned out to be) a small payment (plus legal fees). I was reminded of this when I read a recent article about a company called The Kitchen, which is in a trademark battle in the farm-to-table restaurant category with Wolfgang Puck after Mr.
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Harvard Business
JULY 18, 2016
A building surrounded by razor wire. A guard tower looming over the perimeter. Weeds and overgrowth flanking the grim exterior. Inside — drab colors, peeling paint, and dead plants decaying in the common areas. Was this a prison? No. This was the headquarters of Campbell Soup Company when one of us, Doug Conant, took the reins as CEO in 2001. Was this a deliberate attempt to imprison employees and stifle their energy?
BCG
JULY 21, 2016
Focus Thursday, July 21, 2016. For years, network operators—both fixed and mobile—have embraced a technology-driven, one-size-fits-all approach to upgrades. The idea: boost speed, boost capacity, boost them everywhere. It’s an approach that has worked well for telcos and their customers—until now. The problem is the soaring demand for data. In the past, the key to large-scale national rollouts was telcos’ ability to squeeze better performance out of their infrastructure without making outsize in
MishTalk
JULY 18, 2016
In a recent GMO commentary on Immigration and Brexit, founder Jeremy Grantham laid out precise reasons why Brexit was a … Continue reading →
Martinka Consulting
JULY 18, 2016
I was working with a client on the acquisition of one of his vendors, a very small company. He’s worried about losing the product as the owners are in their mid-70’s, their company is not growing, and haven’t had any product improvements in years. Then we hit a roadblock. The owners can’t see themselves leaving. Buy the company and we’re done in a few months?
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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
Harvard Business
JULY 19, 2016
Does your CEO remind you of your bullying older brother? Or the mother who always refolded your clothes because you didn’t do a good enough job? Or the emotionally distant father who never praised you? Watch out: Chances are your CEO is recreating the very same dynamics that shaped his early family life. The entire executive team, and its mission, may suffer unless the CEO recognizes it and takes conscious steps to change his subconscious behavior.
BCG
JULY 22, 2016
Video Friday, July 22, 2016. It's hard to think of a handoff with higher stakes or greater complexity than the transition to a new US president. The task involves an organization with 4 million employees and a budget of $3.8 trillion. And as history has shown, events rarely wait for a new administration to get up to speed. Prime example: the 2008 transition from George W.
MishTalk
JULY 21, 2016
Erdogan’s move towards dictatorial powers is nearly complete with a State of Emergency Declaration that will allow him to rule … Continue reading →
Strategy+Business
JULY 17, 2016
When deciding how to respond to a threatening new entrant, companies often assume that they are facing a disruption, that is, an innovation that allows upstarts to build a new market from the bottom up. But new products and services can enter your market from other directions, each distinct in terms of how, where, and when it affects your business. They are all market dislocations -- radical breakaways that create new markets and make old markets obsolete.
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
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