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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Economic uncertainties, recessions, and unforeseen disruptions can shake the foundations of even the most robust enterprises. For example, a manufacturing company might explore new markets or develop complementary products to ensure a more stable income.

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What Business Travelers Want Most From Loyalty Programs: Stealthy Luxury

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

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. But they wouldn’t object to a market-rate room expense. More than anything else, we want stealthy luxury. Don’t see what you want on the Executive Aisle?

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus. Enterprise Improvement. Even for such a high travel firm, which we’ll discuss below, they all seem to be so gosh darn chummy with each other.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Although consulting jobs have been under threat because of the negatively impacted economy, companies have cut off many expenses (travel, networking events) and firms have adjusted their operations to support a ‘work from home’ model. The top consulting firms have high fixed costs and so are geared towards large enterprise clients.

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New Technologies in the Insurance Landscape (Part 3 – Cloud)

Tom Spencer

Cloud vendors, such as Microsoft Azure , are investing in building open tooling for enterprise blockchain networks , which will see widespread adoption of blockchain in the enterprise. He holds experience helping Fortune 500 financial institutions with commercial due diligence, go-to-market strategy, and distribution channel strategy.

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Consulting in Mongolia- a Personal Journey

Effective Managers

It has been an extremely interesting decade since we started operating From communism to capitalism Mongolia transited out of a command economy and into a democratic and free market economy in the early 1990s. During the past 30 years, we have witnessed a great deal of change.

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Bulger Partners – Strategy Consulting for the Software Economy

Management Consulted

The firm touts sector expertise in: Enterprise Software. Marketing and Ad Tech. The firm also employs a lighter travel model than many other firms. For example, at Bulger Partners you’ll travel less than you would at Deloitte or PwC. Healthcare IT. Consumer Internet. Vertical Applications. Infrastructure Software.

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