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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016.

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Future-proofing your job against the robots

Comatch

In the expectation that we will soon be competing with machines, it seems worthwhile to train our “soft skill muscles.” – Anna Julius Even though we know the importance of this skillset, many people don’t know how to develop or improve their soft skills. I’m just such an introvert and could never do that! Awesome, isn’t it?

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The Myth of a Psychologically Safe Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

Challenger safety – This is the last stage when others are able to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Practicing small acts of self-control, like exercise followed by periods of rest, builds self-control capacity. This is the stage where individuals can innovate.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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Finding the Time to Write a Book

Women in Consulting

During dedicated writing periods, work as productively and efficiently as possible. Then bring them back to your mind when you’re doing something that doesn’t require much concentration, like riding the train or working out at the gym. It’s a great way to boost your writing productivity and creativity.

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Bologna Shows How a Business Cluster Can Stay Vibrant for Centuries

Harvard Business

“The medieval guild system was a primitive networking exercise.” Thanks to this technological innovation— made possible by Bologna’s canals and ample supply of water—by the 15 th century, Bolognese mills had expanded from small-scale production to busy factories that took up three or four floors.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What I found particularly fascinating was the number of variables that needed to be taken into account while making strategic decisions on governance, production or any other function.