Tom Spencer

AUGUST 29, 2020

When the COVID-19 crisis became evident in South Africa in mid-March, the South African government put strict lockdown measures in place, including school closures and store lockdowns which were accompanied by reducing the output of production facilities. In this fashion, a solution to the lack of smartphones has been developed.

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The Source

MARCH 12, 2019

s offices, situated in the heart of Victoria, London, there’s a palpable warmth to all the people we meet on our journey to the client suite. It’s a career that has spanned two continents and which has resulted in Wingard becoming one of the key players in the male-dominated world of industrial products. Stepping into L.E.K.’s

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I really enjoyed meeting the consultants, but ultimately feel BCG is a better fit. I imagine someone interested in product/marketing management is better off going into industry. Or are clients unhappy because your products stink? Or are retail partners selling the product in such a way that is somehow incomplete?

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LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

Employees were located, if not around the globe, at different sites; many found the commute too time-consuming and stressful; technology had advanced to the point where meetings and discussions could be held virtually. Meeting Tools like Zoom, WebEx, GoToMeeting, Skype, and Google Hangouts. The Downside to Remote Teams at Work.

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1 to 1

JULY 29, 2022

Detecting and understanding customer intent can give brands clarity into what a customer is trying to do beyond what they are saying or clicking on, whether it’s an upsell opportunity, a chance to deepen the customer relationship, increase customer retention, enhance a product or service, or something else.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 11, 2020

The factory owner seeks productivity, which equals more, which means pushing people to go faster. Unless you’re doing easily measured piecework in the old-fashioned cottage industry mindset (the original work from home job), then the opportunity is to raise your hand, not keep your head down. Home is long-term, work might not be.

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1 to 1

JULY 7, 2021

C&A Brasil, for example, the Brazilian arm of a European chain of fast-fashion clothing, saw purchases through its WhatsApp channel grow exponentially during the pandemic. Conrado Leister, country managing director of Facebook Brasil, agreed. “I It’s a massive personalization opportunity.”

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SkillQuo

MAY 16, 2018

Modern workplaces are becoming temples where ideas, perspectives, and insights meet to create electrifying results for employees and clients alike. Companies that want to establish themselves as forward thinking versus old-fashioned, must employ individuals from all backgrounds. Diversity of thought, and diversity of race and cultures.

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Confessions of a Consultant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The currently fashionable way to do this (and management trends are a ‘fashion item’) is to secure employee engagement. But how then do we explain ‘high productivity’ in environments that are typically low engagement? Engagement is used as a proxy for productivity – as if the two terms were interchangeable.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

And at Greycroft, a venture capital firm, investor Teddy Citrin has laid out a veritable map for the further disruption of every consumer products category. Plug-and-play e-commerce technology, search engine optimization, and other distribution solutions are making it ever easier for products to directly reach consumers.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

An interface communicates the algorithms’ results along with more-nuanced data, such as the personal notes, to the company’s fashion stylists, who then select five items from a variety of brands to send to the customer. The fashion industry is no stranger to fast cycles of learning.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2018

When we decided to take a “distributed first” approach to meetings, not everyone was comfortable with the idea. People who were co-located bristled at the idea of having to go through the extra steps of running an efficient distributed meeting when only one or two people were not in the room with them. Quite the contrary.

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Melissa Agnes

JULY 2, 2014

She wanted to be her best creative self, writing for a greater cause than simply selling a product. But as someone who’s unfortunately taken the same path as Hannah, albeit in less dramatic fashion, I’m here to tell you that the destructive exit is not all it’s cracked up to be. Let me explain why.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2018

You may want to discard some connections upfront — for instance, someone who came up to you, handed you their card, and immediately started pitching you to buy their product or service. Finally, you’ll meet some people with whom you’d like to build a long-term connection. Building a deeper relationship.

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 15, 2017

Yes, I know there are websites like Glass Door but just like Amazon reviews you don’t know if you’re getting phony reviews glorifying the company or product or if someone ripped something to shreds because one screw was missing, the color was slightly different than expected, etc.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Today the Fed released minutes of meetings at the start and during the great financial crisis. Some outside consultants presented to the Fed at that meeting, generally giving an amazingly rosy view of the world as well. All they have to do is pay out, as it is incurred, the interest that the structured-finance product can’t pay out.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2017

While salespeople frequently meet with lower-level and midlevel personnel at a client company, the rare conversations they have with C-level decision makers directly determine whether they win or lose the deal. Study participants were asked to choose the primary reason they don’t like meeting with salespeople.

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LSA Global

APRIL 18, 2017

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. The company failed on multiple fronts. Autopsy #2 – Hummer.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

While there’s often increased pressure to be more productive in the office, it’s sometimes hard not to wonder, “What’s the point?” He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. ” from the podium.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Many find themselves engulfed by meetings, speaking engagements, and travel. As schedules fill, we recommend shorter meetings over no meetings. There is great utility in a 30-minute — even 15-minute — meeting if a traditional 60-minute mentoring meeting isn’t possible. Be fully present.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2016

In light of that, how do self-managed organizations make learning productive? But in areas where adaptability is critical — say, in new product development or marketing — responsive structuring and learning can help you meet the needs of your customers, your employees, and the business. Liane Davey. Monique Valcour.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2017

This section should evaluate the manner in which board meetings are conducted, including whether they are organized for maximum productivity and the honest exchange of ideas, and whether they encourage the full participation of all members. Particular attention should be paid to committee meetings and executive sessions.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 1, 2014

With profits from opium cultivation nearing $1 billion, or 4 percent of gross domestic product, insurgency groups like the Taliban will only benefit from the cash crop. See, in the mid-1930’s, there were two industries that had just made breakthrough machines that would make paper productions much more cost-effective.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Operational excellence, customer intimacy, or product leadership — successful companies excel in one dimension and perform well in the others. While some banks and insurers were known for their service or products, most have long focused on operating as efficiently as possible. Transformation on this scale can be a long process.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

A slower worker doesn’t just reduce a team’s productivity — he can also hurt his colleagues’ morale, says Lindsay McGregor, the coauthor of Primed to Perform and co-founder of Vega Factor. And how do you then help him understand the importance of picking up the pace — and support him in doing so?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Before meeting someone new — whether it’s a potential employer or a new client — do your homework. Know who you’re meeting, what he cares about, and what he might need from you. When meeting someone new, it’s normal to be nervous but you don’t want your anxiety to show. Prepare talking points.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2016

These conflicting pressures are especially present when the product provided by the asset is not very differentiating (think, for instance, of commodity steel products or container shipping services). The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2018

” For many people, struggling to make ends meet — even while doing what you love — would be the stuff of nightmares. Underneath their pursuits of independence and portability lies a shared aspiration to fashion a masterful self. A self in charge of one’s work productivity or career trajectory.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 9, 2018

In 2011, GE embarked upon an ambitious attempt to digitally transform its product and service offerings. These companies spent millions to develop digital products, infrastructures, and brand accompaniments, and got tremendous media and investor attention, only to encounter significant performance challenges, and often shareholder dissent.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But when some CEOs in this position look at the people they employ, they discover a problem: a swath of their existing team doesn’t have the necessary skills or metabolism for change to meet the new challenges. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

It failed to meet its revenue and subscriber growth targets. The company’s first revenues indicate the acceptance of its product or services by customers. For example, a firm could mislabel a product-enhancement expense as a product-development outlay or overestimate the lifetime value of a customer.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Product innovation sits at the intersection of R&D, marketing, and business intelligence. More than just meeting cadences, it includes how strategy is set and prioritized, how resources are allocated, and how performance is measured. Great service sits at the intersection of sales, customer service, and supply chain.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

To address this problem, this retailer planned to tag products at the item level. This would allow it to uniquely identify every product, even distinguishing fashion items by size and color, as well as proving information on its location.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

How should you establish a positive, productive working relationship with your new manager? Dillon says she still remembers meeting one new report and the great impression she left. ’” Assisting your new boss in this fashion shows that you’re a team player. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2016

These days, I advise Fortune 500 executives to treat talent as they would customers: Understand their behavior, and design recruiting strategies that meet them where they are. But as the Snapchat story establishes, connecting with today’s workforce no longer simply means going to the usual places and doing the usual things.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

For the last 50 years it has not been fashionable to talk about moral development, yet the subject of moral development is all about being a grown up. John Dupre is an organization development consultant who designs innovative ways to involve people in building more productive and satisfying workplaces. Read more.].

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

Communities of growth may be official or semi-official – such as the company softball or soccer team – or self-organizing and informal, such as a group of employees who regularly meet up for yoga and coffee. communities often provide us with a feeling of security.

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