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Scaling Change

Brimstone Consulting

The Vice President of a large information technology division within a leading Fortune 500 health services organization identified the need to develop leaders at the director and senior director levels within his organization. The Vice President of the division kicks off each session.

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Has the MBA become Redundant for a Career in Consulting?

Tom Spencer

These core schools are highly regarded and entrenched in the annual recruitment process, which results in the information evenings, careers workshops, and cocktail nights that give recruiters a chance to talk with students before applications have even opened. Image: Pexels. References. Do you need an MBA to break into McKinsey?

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Could Open-Source Code Make Our Y2K Fears Finally Come True?

Harvard Business

But at a recent workshop organized by the Ford and Sloan Foundations, I learned that Y2K-type concerns are far from over. So as 2000 loomed, there was a realization that, when the clocks hit midnight, software all over the world could simply stop running. And unlike Y2K itself, they are much harder to identify, let alone fix.