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The Reason Air Travel Is Terrible and So Few Airlines Are Profitable

Harvard Business

Finally, they would take over the international air travel market. Today, air taxi companies operate in a similar fashion to the Southwest of yore. Then they would move upmarket to regional flights, private aviation, and eventually, national flights. Of course, Southwest is a lone bright spot in an otherwise stagnant industry.

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(Value Stream) Map Your Way to a Better Post-Covid Future

Markovitz Consulting

But if you want to thrive in the post-COVID world, you’ve got to start working on operational improvements now. COVID travel restrictions made those customer visits impossible. Design may not be important in industrial equipment, but it’s everything in fashion.

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Want to Create an Online Course? Three Types of Profitable Consulting Courses

Consulting Matters

I have several different courses and if you have been a client of mine in any form or fashion, you will know that I do have a lot of different things and you've seen the backend of my system and the library. This is an entry-level program where people can start to work with me and get to know how I roll and how I operate. Here we go.

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15 Best Business Podcasts for Independent Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Podcasts make amazing listening material for commutes, travel, and listening for when you don’t feel like taking out a book. We discuss what actually works in generating business, from writing books to organizing events to old-fashioned relationship building. The results were astonishing. And I’ve never looked back.

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Job Hub: Uber Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

” The first example that comes to mind when you think of the new sharing economy, Uber has fashioned itself as a quicker, cheaper and ultimately better alternative to taxis. Operational worldwide, Uber offers its transportation network services in 58 countries and over 300 cities.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. Autopsy #1 – Borders.

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The Ansoff Matrix

Tom Spencer

domestic air transport in America for cost-conscious business travellers). For example, one of Apple’s product missions might be to provide consumers with easy-to-use digital technology, and another mission might be to provide fashion accessories for Yuppies and young people. the transport market) or very narrowly (e.g.