David A Fields

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

What’s the indicator that you, my fellow consultant, are outstanding at your craft? Revenue? Repeat clients? Glowing testimonials? Phenomenal client outcomes? Jaw-dropping client list? No, the real sign that you’re a great consultant is you have a Spirograph. Metaphorically, of course. Those other indicators are all good. They show you’re able to attract clients and/or provide value at a high level.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

As consulting has become more popular (frantically so), we are getting increasing numbers of emails from undergrads – and even high schoolers – begging the question – if you want to break into consulting, what should you major in – and what majors are deal-breakers? Here at MC, we’re always looking for new ways to help you land your dream consulting job.

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BCG

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Article Tuesday, November 01, 2016. Why is it so rare for customer insight (CI) functions to have a seat at the table when key decisions are being made? Executives in consumer-facing companies know that understanding customers’ motivations and anticipating their behavior can accelerate and amplify growth. Yet most organizations struggle to integrate CI into their strategic decision making and core processes.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The DDoS attack that Dyn, Inc. experienced a couple weeks ago seems to have freaked some people out. But for those who have never put thought into whether or not a DDoS attack is a high-risk scenario for their organization, a little freak out might not be such a bad thing. After all, a big part of implementing a crisis-ready culture involves regularly asking the right crisis-related questions, and taking a proactive approach towards crisis prevention and preparedness.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2016

This is a guest post from Marguerite Arnold. Since 1972, Britain has been part of the European continent. I remember the opening very well. I was a kid, living in London. The new openness meant we could afford oranges from Spain. Every week, an old French farmer would also peddle through London with strings of onions hanging from his bicycle. I thought the arrangement was unbelievably cool and more than romantic.

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BCG

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Report Monday, October 31, 2016. Despite its starring role in business and everyday life, many economists openly question whether technology is visible in traditional economic metrics such as GDP, productivity, and corporate profits. In this report, The Boston Consulting Group shows that, on the contrary, declines in technology investment are followed by startling drops in all these measures of economic growth.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Mainstream media scrambles to cast Hillary as an innocent victim of FBI director James Comey’s decision to reopen the email case against her. Andrew McCarthy at the National Review gets the story correct. McCarthy says Comey Is Not the One Whose Unorthodox Actions Are Casting a Cloud over the Election. (more…).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Striving to increase workplace diversity is not an empty slogan — it is a good business decision. A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have returns above the industry mean.

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Strategy+Business

OCTOBER 30, 2016

When things go wrong at companies - whether they're epic debacles or minor glitches - it often seems the system is in some ways to blame. The real culprit turns out to be a hodgepodge of systems, processes, or managerial decisions that didn't raise alarms until the consequences suddenly exploded. This year's three best business books on management offer compelling and useful advice on how to avoid such problems.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Report Wednesday, November 02, 2016. In our March 2015 report, The Transformation Imperative in Shipping: Mastering the Next Big Wave , we drew on our analysis of events in 2014 to forecast choppy seas for an industry buffeted by powerful forces. In particular, we noted the persistent overcapacity that had been eroding shareholder returns despite reasonably high volume growth.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Initial Reaction. Today’s employment report shows an increase of 161,000 jobs. So far this year, job gains for the nation have averaged 181,000 per month, compared to an average monthly increase of 229,000 in 2015. The employment change for September revised up from +156,000 to +191,000, and the change for August revised up from +167,000 to +176,000.

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Consultants' Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Consultants Consultant: Narcissism is on the rise. It’s all about them. And it can drive you crazy when you need help, want to get something done or just be real. Here’s how to deal with it when you can actually get away. When you can’t, try these strategies. Other posts on dealing with difficult people: Charisma 101 […]. The post Narcissists 101 appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Strategy+Business

OCTOBER 30, 2016

For the 16th edition of our Best Business Books of the year section, we've assembled a team of learned, expert, and stylish guides. See also Best Business Books 2016 -- in Pictures.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Interview Wednesday, November 02, 2016. Søren Hagh is the managing director for Heineken Italia. He joined the company in 2013 as the executive director of global marketing. Under Hagh’s leadership, Heineken increased its digital spending from 9% of the marketing budget to 25% in just two years. In 2015, the company received the Creative Marketer of the Year award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity—for the second time.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Best wishes and warm thoughts to the ancient city of Norcia, Italy, the birthplace of St. Benedict, the father of monasticism. Norcia was flattened by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake and only a facade remains of the 14th century St. Benedict Cathedral. (more…).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Ever since the publication of Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline , 25 years ago, companies have sought to become “learning organizations” that continually transform themselves. In our era of digital disruption, this goal is more important than ever. But even the best companies still struggle to make real progress in this area. One problem is that they’ve been focused on the wrong thing.

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Strategy+Business

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Business, like life, is inherently uncertain. So it's no surprise that this year's three most compelling books on the topic of strategy touch on how to plan for, quantify, and cope with unpredictability -- in life, business, nature, and geopolitics. The first two -- Yossi Sheffi's The Power of Resilience and Robert Salomon's Global Vision -- are explicitly about managing the risks faced by managers of large global enterprises.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Article Thursday, November 03, 2016. A wide range of industries, from media to transportation, have been disrupted by digital forces. We believe that commodity trading could be next in line. Traditional competitive advantages are being challenged; traders are facing increasing pressure as their role changes; and trading businesses are being forced to rethink long-successful business models and practices.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Deutsche Bank chief economist Joseph LaVorgna has an eye on asset bubbles. So do others. Let’s take a look at a couple of measures starting with a Deutsche Bank measure and see if we can spot a problem. (more…).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The latest trend in leadership development is mindfulness training. There is a burgeoning array of apps, self-help books, and corporate interventions designed to help leaders become more mindful and thus more resilient, focused, and aware — qualities that many executives believe can make them more effective in their roles. Mindfulness — a way of paying attention with care and discernment to yourself, others, and the world around you — has been much researched.

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Strategy+Business

OCTOBER 30, 2016

This year's best books about technology recognize the tensions inherent in new technologies - the ability to bring about enormous good and progress, and the potential to cause enormous harm and disruption. In The Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance, by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna, make a strong history-based case that the post-Cold War era rivals the original Renaissance as an epoch of unparalleled progress and quantum leaps.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Article Wednesday, November 02, 2016. Companies looking for growth in slowing Asian economies should aim for the upper middle class. There are already about 150 million upper-middle-class consumers in the developing countries of Asia, accounting for more than $3 trillion in spending annually. Their number could easily swell by 100 million or more in the next few years.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Barry Ritholtz at the Big Picture Blog asks “Why Has Inflation Remained Low for So Long?” Ritholtz’s article is a guest post by author Robert G. King titled “ Inflation in the Great Recession and Gradual Recovery: Surprises and Puzzles “ (more…).

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Marion Barraud for HBR. The term “big data” is ubiquitous. With exabytes of information flowing across broadband pipes, companies compete to claim the biggest, most audacious data sets. And businesses of all varieties — old and new, industrial and digital, big and small — are getting into the game. Masses of social, weather, and government data are being leveraged to predict supply chain outages.

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Strategy+Business

OCTOBER 30, 2016

This year's best business books on marketing tend to "think small." -albeit in wildly different ways. While information technology allows company to amass and analyze huge volumes of aggregate data on customer behavior, the authors of these books argue we need to understand and relate to consumers at the micro level. How? It could be by taking an anthropological approach, as Martin Lindstrom does in Small Data, or by deciding to Hug Your Haters, as Jay Baer urges, or by taking a cue from B.

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