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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

Areas of expertise that a consulting firm might provide include: Industry specific knowledge; Strategy; Marketing; Supply chain optimization; Distribution; Organisational change; Information technology; Tax structuring; Risk management; Human resources; and. Turnarounds. Nobody ever got fired for hiring McKinsey.”.

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How Physicians Can Keep Up with the Knowledge Explosion in Medicine

Harvard Business

During her training years ago, there would have been a handful of therapy options to consider. But it is simply unrealistic for a doctor — or any human being — to stay abreast of that much information, much less be able to recall accurately the relevant information on demand. Insight Center.

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11 Things the Health Care Sector Must Do to Improve Cybersecurity

Harvard Business

In 2015 over 113 million Americans health records were exposed, and in 2016 the number was over 16 million, according to reports submitted to the U.S. A March 2017 report from the Identity Theft Resource Center indicated that more than 25% of all data breaches were related to health care. Require training for personnel.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business

Equally important, however, is the need for technology experts who possess both the business and the people skills to collaborate across groups inside and outside the enterprise’s four walls. IoT solutions tend to span information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and core business functions. The reason?

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How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data

Harvard Business

According to a 2016 report from the UNEP-hosted International Resource Panel , water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030. Organizations are also using these tools to improve maintenance, infrastructure planning, water conservation, and customer service (including repair efficiencies and pricing). And demand is increasing.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

The H-1B Visa Process The H-1B visa was established, as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, to let companies recruit trained foreign workers (with at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent) to work in “specialty occupations” for which there are few qualified local candidates. For example, Axios reported that 72.4%

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GDP Is a Wildly Flawed Measure for the Digital Age

Harvard Business

Our education and professional training systems have failed to keep pace. So maybe the problem is that the world is stuck in old ways of measuring and reporting growth based on making and selling things (i.e., One can certainly make the case that we are falling into an abyss. But that reality does not have to be our reality.