Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. This benefits customers – both the high-end customers being chased by incumbents, and the low-end or middle-market consumers being served by disruptors — and the industry at large.

Airlines 36

Airlines Travel Industry Efficiency 36

Tsavo Neal

JULY 20, 2017

Podcasts make amazing listening material for commutes, travel, and listening for when you don’t feel like taking out a book. We discuss what actually works in generating business, from writing books to organizing events to old-fashioned relationship building. To listen and subscribe, visit forecast.fm/itunes.

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Consulting Interviews Sales Travel 113

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2013

A framework to help executives, senior managers and marketers devise strategies for future growth. The Ansoff Matrix is particularly useful for strategic planning because it provides a framework to help executives, senior managers and marketers devise strategies for future growth. What is a Product-Market Growth Strategy?

Productivity 113

Productivity Transportation Development Marketing 113

LSA Global

APRIL 18, 2017

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. The third and final nail on the coffin was that they didn’t read their market right – a fatal change management mistake. The company failed on multiple fronts. What do you think?

Change Management 34

Change Management Management Film Pharmaceuticals 34

Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Over time, they shifted gears, no longer competing on whether or not their luggage was the most useful, or their saddles the most efficient. So do many conferences and elite restaurants and travel destinations. Do we change this system font because it matches our look or because it''s more efficient? It''s hard to do both.).

Tools 45

Tools Company Fashion Efficiency 45

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Compensation and benefits are on par to the market, but not adjusted for NYC living (so for take-home pay you might be better off in Atlanta or Dallas as a young McKinseyite, unless the magnetic draw to the Big Apple is just too much). In New York, Bain is located at 1114 Avenue of the Americas on the 43rd Floor.

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Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The ‘workers’ (like myself) wore blue overalls; the foremen had brown coats; the supervisors were kitted out in white; the management sported double-breasted suits (the fashion at that time). This ordered hierarchy was an efficient way to denote ‘who did what’. and 90%+ will tell you ‘Advertising’, ‘Marketing’ & ‘R&D’.

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40