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2020 Study: Why Smart People Start a Consulting Business (And What Holds Them Back)

Consulting Matters

Therefore, there is a high desire for access to proven methodologies, frameworks and actionable best practices as some of our survey respondents explained: I am looking for a solid consulting methodology. Reinventing the wheel for a proven tool or methodology or technique. How do I set up my back-office systems?

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. There are three main types of business consultants.

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Artificial Intelligence: It’s Current and Future Role in Healthcare (Part 2 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, Chair-Elect of the AMA, spoke further on this topic 2 : “Combining AI … systems with an irreplaceable human clinician can advance the delivery of care in a way that outperforms what either can do alone. Overall, AMA has a favorable view of AI as playing a key support role in providing high quality medical care.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

As part of a well-functioning business development system and a well-respected pricing strategy practice, keep your pricing team apprised of upcoming bids. It is time to break open the accounting system and harvest past performance cost and pricing data. Ten of the most dynamic and synergistic pricing practices are right here.

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Fiscal Crisis in Chicago: Pensions 31% Funded, Moody's Downgrades Debt 3 Notches, Pension Liability is $61,000 Per Household; Mish's Proposed Solutions

MishTalk

While all eyes are focused on a solution for Illinois’ state-run pension systems, Chicago’s own debt crisis is looming. Chicago Public Schools closed nearly 50 schools this year, forcing children and families to travel across gang lines. Today, the systems have only 31 cents for every dollar. The Union Choice.

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Pay your team right: A comprehensive guide to compensation

Asamby Consulting

Base or fixed salary Base or fixed salary is the cornerstone for your compensation systems. Example: You have been a travel agent with a business travel agency for 10 years. You now enter a luxury, bespoke travel provider. Want to design a new compensation system? But what influences the base pay? Get in touch!

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

Purchasers of healthcare services encounter widely disparate charges across different healthcare delivery systems for equivalent surgical procedures, varying by up to 40%. Fewer than 5% of healthcare systems initially identified for participation in ECEN meet all of the quality requirements for consideration.