David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Some consultants love to travel for their consulting projects. Me, I’m not a big fan. I prefer to be with my family, sleep in my own bed, eat healthy, home-cooked meals, and work in my gym clothes. Besides, when I’m on the road, there’s less time for marketing and business development, and I can’t play old-man hockey at the local rink. But how do you build a booming, lucrative consulting practice while staying cozily ensconced in your home office?

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Steve Shu Consulting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Applied behavioral science is a relatively new concept with the business community. This short video is part of planned series of videos to increase awareness and improve the implementation of behavioral science initiatives in business. These videos complement material from the book, Inside Nudging: Implementing Behavioral Science Initiatives.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar Animation Studios, a California-based subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is a fun filled company that has changed the face of the movie industry. Two of its fourteen feature films – “Finding Nemo” and “Toy Story 3” – are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, while an impressive thirteen of the fourteen are in the 50 highest-grossing animated

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Article Tuesday, September 06, 2016. Now, it’s TV’s turn. Having reshaped the print media and music industries, digital disruption is now sweeping through the rest of media in similar fashion, rendering traditional video distribution models outmoded. The industry is rife with talk of “cutters” (consumers who drop pay TV altogether), “thinners” (those who actively manage their cable bills to pay less), and “nevers” (consumers who see no need to sign up for pay TV in the first place).

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

(Source: Flickr ). Management consulting is a service industry that earns its keep by serving large organisations – corporate, non-profit and government. During economic downturns these prospective clients typically have less money, or more uncertain cash flows, and so are less likely to spend money on consulting services. As a result, consultants are vulnerable to layoffs during economic downturns.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

There’s a big advantage in starting small. Polycom’s biggest early breakthrough, for instance, came about as the result of a 95-cent book I purchased from RadioShack in 1991. That pamphlet taught my cofounder and me about a nerdy topic known as “acoustic suspension,” a concept that showed us the fallacy in assuming that big sound demands a big loudspeaker.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Article Thursday, September 08, 2016. In some emerging markets, more than half of the largest companies are family businesses. Yet, for decades, most of the research on family businesses has focused on benchmarks from developed markets. Leaders of such businesses in emerging markets seeking guidance on key topics, such as governance, succession, and talent management, should be wary of relying on insights derived solely from the experience of their counterparts in developed markets.

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Ben de Haldevang

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

I’m struck by a couple of transactions in the last 6 months which have some unusual characteristics….and absolutely demonstrate the passive nature of both institutional and retail shareholders these days. The one in particular which I want to look at today is SAB Miller / Anheuser Busch. The announcement of the transaction between SAB Miller and Anheuser-Busch INBEV in the form of the public statement issued on 11th November 2015 forms the basis on which the vote by shareholders was cast in favo

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The Thirsty Dog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This post by Jason Price can be seen at The Thirsty Dog Blog - Seattle's Finest Blog on Business and Consulting by Jason Price. Ten years ago, the concept of local consulting was the next big thing. Now with skill, cost and capacity limitations - local firms are changing their tune. The post Local Consulting Is No Longer Unique appeared first on The Thirsty Dog Blog.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Tim Gouw. It’s no secret that our digital communication tools are overwhelming us. A Deloitte study found that U.S. workers (in aggregate) look at their phones almost 8 billion times a day , and research shows that U.S. productivity has waned since the introduction of the smartphone. But the world of business needs a way to bring people together to share information and explain ideas, and to get them to reach for the same goals.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Article Thursday, September 08, 2016. To fully capture the tremendous value of using big data, organizations need nimble and flexible data architectures able to liberate data that could otherwise remain locked within legacy technologies and organizational processes. Rapid advances in technology and analytical processing have enabled companies to harness and mine an explosion of data generated by smartphone apps, website click trails, customer support audio feeds, social media messages, customer

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Economists debate limits of monetary easing, especially negative interest rates that prompt savers and even banks in Germany to stockpile … Continue reading →

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

When a company chooses to hold its shareholder meeting in a distant location or at an odd time, executives might be trying to avoid revealing bad news.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Juan Di Nella. A new poll by the Pew Research Center suggests that more than half of men think sexism is a thing of the past; in contrast, only about one-third of women agree. One reason for the disagreement may stem from misunderstandings about the kinds of behavior that constitute sexism. Indeed, an important body of research instigated by Susan Fiske of Princeton and Peter Glick of Lawrence University demonstrates that prejudice toward women can take obvious and not-so-obvious forms.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Interview Friday, September 09, 2016. UK-based Centrica is a leading multinational energy and services company. Its brands include British Gas and Hive. BCG’s Jon Brock and Sesh Iyer recently spoke with the company’s David Cooper, group CIO, and Daljit Rehal, strategic systems director, about how the company established a data lake at British Gas as part of its efforts to transform Centrica’s data analytics capabilities.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In efforts to spur lending and increase the rate of inflation, central banks in the US, EU, and Japan have … Continue reading →

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

On Friday, July 15, 2016 the Wall Street Journal had an article titled, “ Surprise: The Economy Is Looking Much Better; Citigroups U.S. Economic Surprise Index is at its highest level since January 2015.” Here’s an excerpt from the article: Citi’s Surprise Index measures economic data relative to expectations. If reports are surprising to the upside, that means indicators such as employment, housing and inflation, are coming in higher than expected and the index is risi

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This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

With the possible exception of Sesame Street ’s Oscar the Grouch, very few of us have the luxury of being able to be completely and utterly ourselves all the time at work. The rest of us are called upon to perform what psychologists call “ emotional labor ” — the effort it takes to keep your professional game face on when what you’re doing is not concordant with how you feel.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

A client, the Director of North American Operations, asked me to review a proposed Corporate Leadership Development Program that had just come across his desk. Something about it felt ‘off’ to him, but he couldn’t quite identify what was making him uncomfortable. After a quick look, I could see the problem. The plan had many of the correct elements to a sound leadership development program.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Fireworks are going off in Germany again in yet another battle between Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany’s finance minister, and the ECB.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

If U.S. manufacturers were willing and able to fill the many open positions, employment in that sector would come back naturally.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Learning to stretch outside your comfort zone is critical for learning and growing , advancing in your job and career, and achieving your personal and professional goals. But is it always the case that you need to step outside your comfort zone to be successful? Are there situations when it makes sense to stay right where you are? Having spoken with people from a range of occupations about this exact topic over the past year, my resounding answer is yes.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Here's how we've organized traditional schooling: You're certain to have these classes tomorrow. The class will certainly follow the syllabus. There will certainly be a test. If you do well on the test, you will certainly go on to the next year. If you do will on the other test, you'll certainly get to go to a famous college. After you repeat these steps obediently for more than ten years, there will be a placement office, where there will certainly be a job ready for you, with fixed hours

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Federal Reserve Vice-Chairman Stanley Fischer made a couple of controversial statements this week regarding negative interest rates.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The thriving streaming business faces some fundamental questions about what business it is in.

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