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Choosing Management Consulting as a Career

Tom Spencer

Consulting is a knowledge-based industry. When a mistake has been made, consultants will often speak to their managers or other members of the team to identify where they may have made a mistake and ask for assistance on how to fix it. It is also about how you structure your work and meet deliverables.

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AI in Project Management: Is the Future Already Here?

Epicflow

According to Gartner , by 2030, 80% of project managers’ tasks will be run by AI, powered by big data, machine learning (ML), and natural language processing. This statement was perceived as a threat to project managers, whose job was supposed to be undertaken by AI-driven project management software. But is this really so?

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10 Ways that AI is Turbocharging Productivity

Tom Spencer

AI-powered tools offer individuals a range of ways to boost their individual productivity including assistance with task prioritization, time management, professional development, and a range of other activities. They can also assist in automatically generating citations, formatting bibliographies, and managing references.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

years in management consulting, I transitioned to a Fortune 50 US company in an internal strategy role. It is possible to meet the same clients or colleagues on a future project, but there is a lot of uncertainty around that. He previously worked in a major management consulting firm. Last year, after 2.5

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The Innovator Inside: How to Overcome Institutional Inertia

Tom Spencer

You can become better at associative thinking by gaining exposure to multiple areas of knowledge. After all, it is hard to draw on ideas from diverse fields if you have an overly narrow and specialized knowledge base. This can ensure that the product actually meets the needs and expectations of the target market.

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Why Managers Shouldn’t Have the Final Say in Performance Reviews

Harvard Business

The ratings of employees for each level or cohort are then passed to a calibration committee, which is composed of supervisors and other higher-level managers. The calibration committee meets to achieve a common understanding of the types of achievements and contributions that warrant various performance ratings.

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Tecchies vs Business minds - managing people in different departments

freshminds

So how do you manage people where you do not have the practical knowledge of their subject and the job they do? What do you need to take into consideration when business meets tech? They need to take bold risks and their specific talents and knowledge bases must be given autonomy for the ideas to become reality.