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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Consultants in the rainbow nation have continued to operate efficiently and effectively during the Covid pandemic. The consulting industry is surviving during these uncertain times. Consultants should expect their time management skills to be tested and sharpened.

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How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)

Harvard Business

At the same time, managers need to continue to motivate employees who fear their jobs being replaced by robots. How it will impact business, industry, and society. In much the same way, nobody calls a travel agency to book a simple flight anymore. This creates a dilemma for leaders. Insight Center. The Age of AI.

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How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent

Harvard Business

Your important priorities might relate to: enacting your values (for example, volunteering or spending more time with your children). achieving public recognition (getting invited to sit on industry panels or writing a book). Something that helps me is travel, especially taking flights alone.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

Much of the current thinking about new service-delivery models is based on the notion that cost and efficiency of care delivery can be enhanced by directing more patients to primary care. Our view is that early conceptions of connected health and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) traveled a flawed path. Provider workload.

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Making Time for Networking as a Working Parent

Harvard Business

How do you meet new people if traveling to conferences is out of the question? Like old contacts, it’s a more time-efficient way to connect, since there’s an intermediary you both share. ” with the blank being the industry, company, geography, or whatever I wanted to get connected to.

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The 8 Digital Productivity Tools Everyone Should Adopt

Harvard Business

For most people, the goal is to adopt the smallest number of tools necessary to work efficiently. That’s why my friends and colleagues often ask me which technologies I regard as must-haves: the tools and tactics that will make a big impact on their productivity without spending a lot of time or money getting up and running.

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