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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. They received early success because of the early American desire for big vehicles that could travel over any terrain in the world. Autopsy #2 – Hummer. But tastes change and, as they did, Hummer didn’t pay attention.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

So I just started really getting training for and looking for opportunities in project management in the media space, and after about a year-and-a-half of just building up the skill set necessary to get one of those roles, I landed a job for a small production company here in Atlanta. We work with a lot of really cool clients. Okay, awesome.

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Plan a Better Meeting with Design Thinking

Harvard Business

So how do you ensure that the gatherings you host are productive, not destructive? Include these desired outcomes in your agenda, so that participants know why they’re attending and can gauge with you whether or not the time has been productive. To use film, images, poetry, or music to spark ideas?

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Why Uber and Airbnb Needed a Different Kind of CEO

Harvard Business

Since their founding less than a decade ago, Uber and Airbnb have wrangled with regulators, challenged the taxi and hotel industries, earned extraordinary valuations from venture capital investors — and fundamentally transformed the way people think about urban transportation and travel. Uber and Airbnb are different.

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75 Podcast Ideas and Topics to Explore in 2024

Buzzsprout

Product reviews Help take the guesswork out of purchases by doing product reviews for your listeners. Hands on Tech Kad's Review: Boxes and Products Explored 6. Depending on your style, you can narrate the story, or add production like sound effects, background music, etc. Talking Tech The Vergecast 5.

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How to Trust Your Gut and Find Your Path to Success with Kelly Collins-Lintz

Consulting Matters

Kelly Collins-Lintz – actress of both film and movies, blogger, writer, momager (her kids are also in the acting biz on shows like Bosch, the Walking Dead, and Under the Dome) says “listening to your gut is the best way to create your own path to success,” and this woman knows what she is talking about! Betsy: Wow.

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Gallup Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

He developed research methods and programs for the television and movie industry to help clients determine advertising effectiveness and how to identify what the market wanted to watch in film and television. In 1935, Dr. Gallup founded a research company called the American Institute of Public Opinion in Princeton, New Jersey.