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The Gear That Makes Consulting So Much Easier!

Tom Spencer

Improvements in Work Efficiency and Effectiveness. With so much multi-tasking at hand (for example floating between comparing two Excel sheets and improving a PowerPoint), it is super helpful to have a 2nd monitor to have some more screen real estate. Maneuverable Travel Suitcase. Wireless Mouse. I was horribly mistaken.

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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business

Rising sea levels flood Manhattan in Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 , prompting hedge fund managers and real estate investors to create a new intertidal market index. Like international travel or meditation, it creates space for us to question our assumptions. They make us more efficient and productive.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business

Beginning in the Spring of 2016, our workplace analytics group worked with commercial real estate company CBRE to calculate the cost savings associated with relocating a 1,200-person Microsoft engineering organization from five buildings into four other buildings. 77 hours compared to.85

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

One example is when the New York School’s system hired them to boost the efficiency of their school bus network, which they did, saving the city $12M. Real Estate. While you can and should expect to travel a lot, they do try to keep travel regional, so you won’t be crossing time zones every 4 days.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

BCG’s new home, 10 Hudson Yards, is like a city within a city and is considered the largest real estate deal in US history (jaw drop!). Fun fact: the project’s installation of energy-efficient lighting was one of New York City’s largest lighting retrofits ever. headquarters in New York City.

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Interview with Steward from A.T. Kearney Shanghai – Life as a Consultant series

Management Consulted

While in college, I worked for a large real estate research firm, hence my first real job was literally doing questionnaire surveys on the street. But since part-timers’ work commitment is not as high and the recruiting process not as strict, their job are usually less complicated with less client exposure and less travel.