The Crazy Lives of Consultants

MAY 30, 2014

We’ve already established that airlines, hotels and the like really want people like me to expense our way through their wares. So let’s talk about what paying business travelers like me really want. I can request a National reservation from any admin or travel department yet roll in a real car. Seriously, what''s the point?

Travel 71

Travel Hotels Airlines Enterprise 71

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Before I became general manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, I held the same position at another luxury hotel up the coast. Service increasingly was hit or miss, and Forbes Travel Guide issued a preliminary rating that would have docked the restaurant a star. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel.

Operations 31

Operations Hotels Case Interview Finance 31

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. But others were surprising, given their states before embarking on transformation.

Methodologies 53

Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 53

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Economic Vacuum China’s flag is waving strongly these days, the direction of the economic- and political winds have changed but the present multitude of macro changes is yet to be recognized by consensus and the market. Markets and monetary policy It’s the weather! Safe travels, Steen Thanks Steen! We will do so again.

Banking 74

Banking Conference Travel Policies 74

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Prosecutors in Belgium on Tuesday charged two Belgian men — Hamza Attou and Mohammed Amri — with participation in a terrorist enterprise in connection with the Paris attacks. He had already traveled and returned from Syria. He had been under judicial supervision since 2012 after he tried to travel to Yemen to fight with al-Qaeda.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Travel Report Hotels 28

Tom Spencer

APRIL 14, 2018

UBER and Air-BNB are the companies who have perfected this model and have radically democratized the taxi and hotel industries, tapping into un-utilized excess capacities and ultimately making the economic system more efficient. Success of crowdsourcing as a business model.

Consulting 84

Consulting Talent Enterprise Industry 84