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

Harvard Business

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. There was no restaurant in the hotel, I was told; my only options were ordering delivery from a fast-casual chain or a pizza joint. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images. My experience is far from unique.

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Picking Among Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

Although consulting is traditionally thought of traveling Monday to Thursday, that does not always have to be the case. There are some firms that follow a home office staffing model whereby all the clients are relatively local to the home office, so the days with long hours can be done at home rather than at a hotel. Talent Management.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. Organizational Talent Consulting. Benchmarking in the process of creating a culture of innovation in hotel companies. Gierczak-Korzeniowska, B., & & Gołembski, G. Hjeltnes, A., Moltu, C., &

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Why an Innovation Culture Matters

Organizational Talent Consulting

Innovation requires opportunity recognition, talent, commitment, sacrifice, and risk-taking. Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. internal and external diverse relationships and talent. improved operational productivity. Space News.

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Going Traditional or Going Agile

SkillQuo

This is a necessity so that clients can pay for not only the consultant’s time, but also for overhead, SGA expenses, and weekly travel and hotel stay for the consultant’s on-site requirements. Same Talent, Better Value. Firms such as McKinsey, Deloitte, Bain, and BCG almost always work with clients with $1B revenue minimums.

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‘Uberization’ of consulting: A major disruption or merely hype?

Tom Spencer

UBER and Air-BNB are the companies who have perfected this model and have radically democratized the taxi and hotel industries, tapping into un-utilized excess capacities and ultimately making the economic system more efficient. Globalization and increased connectivity have enabled easy access to talented professionals around the world.

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The Myth of a Psychologically Safe Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

Getting to where you are going I learned an important life lesson on a business trip to Puerto Rico, traveling with a good friend. And after picking up our rental car at the airport, we realized we didn’t have the address to our hotel. Organizational Talent Consulting. I could count on him for directions. Doolittle, J.