Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A conversation with Cheryl Strauss Einhorn on decision-making dexterity.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 9, 2023

One of the spokespeople for the new milk marketing campaign confessed that she doesn’t really like drinking milk. Sales are way down, and an entire generation is drinking other beverages. Other than the people who are paid to sell or lobby for milk sales, few people are concerned. Milk isn’t going away, but it certainly isn’t growing.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Or they haven’t raised their rates consistently over time, or they haven’t switched to a fixed fee. Links to articles on how to raise your rate or switch to a fixed fee are at the end of this one.) This article explains how to determine your “base rate”, and the external factors that will impact your pricing.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 24, 2023

The trick is knowing where it is and using it well. Wanting control doesn’t always mean needing to have control. Sometimes it is simply a desire to be acknowledged. HT to Brian. View this post on Instagram A post shared by One Minute Bass (@oneminutebass)

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If your new job isn’t turning out like you’d hoped and you’re considering “boomeranging” back to your former employer, take the time to assess how both employers line up with your needs and values. After some self-reflection and open dialogue with your new colleagues, you may find there’s hope for the new job after all.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 5, 2022

When your project is in progress, you as a project manager or business leader will definitely want to know how things are going and have an opportunity to check it at any moment. But in a multi-project environment, when more than two projects run in parallel, being focused on a project performance only can be harmful for your organization.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Choosing a career path to dedicate years of your life to is never an easy decision, and this applies whether you are an undergraduate seeking a first job fresh out of university, or someone looking to make a career switch.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 10, 2012

This month we feature questions from readers who want to switch gears – with a focus on moving from non-MBB firms to MBB. I’m s tarting this month, and writing because I’m wondering how good PwC’s reputation is, and what the prospects are for switching to M/B/B after a year. Is it possible/desirable to switch?

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 20, 2022

In 1993, when I was raising investment for one of the first internet companies, there weren’t any firms that specialized in this sort of thing. They were VCs from a different era, looking for the next Fedex or pharma company. ” The same thinking is applied to many new products, from vegan burgers to online services.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 12, 2023

And when collaboration isn't reasonable, suggest that people leave their work clean, so they don't multitask even if they have to context switch. See Context-Switching vs. Multitasking: Postpone Clean Work vs. a Messy Mind.) Business agility requires more slack and resilience in the organization's system.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 10, 2014

In fact, most people switch for better. Without a doubt, there''s a slot in every market for the cheap enough, good enough alternative. But rapid growth and long-term loyalty come from being better instead.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2022

One in five workers who quit their job wish they had remained in their old position, according to a recent poll.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When we switch our lens to include efforts to improve, entering what he calls the “learning zone,” we can get things done in ways that make us more effective. Hard work comes in two equally important forms: effort to perform and effort to improve. But too often, we only focus on the first part and become trapped in lengthy to-do lists.

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freshminds

JULY 14, 2015

He then made the switch away from consulting in 2013 to pursue his interests in M&A, and joined the financial advisory firm, Spayne Lindsay & Co. If you could give one piece of advice to people looking to make the switch from consulting to finance or industry, what would it be? Speak to people in the industry.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2023

With electrification came dynamos, generators, switch gears and power distribution system. Historically, technology arrives in clusters. With the printing press came the technologies to make large quantities of cheap paper and ink.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 12, 2024

Instead of a switch that was flush with the column that required a screwdriver, she saw a manual black switch that only required a fingertip to turn on or off. That switch is in the correct location. However, the switch is not the correct geometry or the correct aspect ratio.” But she saw something different.

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Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2023

to find out which flexibility options are available to them — and which would entice them to switch jobs. Gallup surveyed more than 5,700 fully on-site workers in the U.S.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

For service companies seeking to lure customers away from their rivals, success lies in keeping it simple.'

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2023

The author presents four strategies to use if you’re preparing to switch gears later in your career: 1) Own your age enthusiastically; 2) Identify multigenerational connections within your network; 3) Be prepared to 10X your job search; and 4) Practice your answers to tough questions.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Researchers ran 60 billion simulations to identify when the risk pays off.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

PS unrelated tip: I just switched my browser to arc and it’s working out great. If you’re not willing to consider that you’re wrong, then, in the words of a Dan Dennett, you’re a spectator, not a participant. Let’s agree on the standards of proof, and then begin. Recommended.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2022

Researchers found that office workers switch back and forth between programs about 1,200 times each day — adding up to four hours every week.

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On the Brink Podcast

MAY 17, 2021

Hear how to turn your big idea into a profitable business! Veronica Sagastume was a wonderful woman to interview. She represents all that we love about women who can take an idea and turn it into a great innovation and a successful business.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Switching back and forth between the two approaches depends on the task at hand and one’s organizational culture. Some leadership situations call for dominance, whereas others call for prestige. Being maximally effective as a leader means being able to diagnose the situation and adopt the leadership approach that works best.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 20, 2024

I’ve switched mostly to claude.ai The reason AI language models are dumb is that they don’t actually know anything, the model is simply calculating probabilities. Not about the unknown, but about everything. Each word, each sentence, is a statistical guess. If a guess is good enough, you’re set.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 19, 2022

Ideally, track how long it takes to do a certain task so you can make the switch to fixed-fee pricing. This way at the end of the contract you can judge if you priced it correctly or if you need to make an adjustment the next time you do that type of work.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

Through training, Napoleon’s army was able to switch between these formations quickly depending on what was needed. When incumbent firms create switching costs for customers, strengthen brand loyalty, or invest heavily to lower production costs, new entrants face a formidable wall of defense.

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Consulting Success

JULY 9, 2018

Well now you can do so by making the switch to subscription-based consulting. But what if you can secure a contract that says, “The contract value is this much, but you pay me over the period of time”? And what if as a consultant, you can deploy the assets as you go?

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PM Alliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Working through those, and sometimes working against them, can be a big obstacle for project teams tasked with executing initiatives that drive new innovations and switch up the status quo. The intervening years of growth and development gave processes and preferences a long time to become entrenched in the organization.

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Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Frequent task switching – if a resource gets allocated to multiple projects or activities, you get productivity losses through task switching. Combining overload and regular task switching is the best way to sabotage success. Also, projects will need to wait longer for resources, forcing rescheduling and delays in general.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 9, 2022

Lessons from several firms who have made the switch.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Four in 10 workers say that switching between tools is a major drag on their productivity.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 3, 2021

Paul originally started at the company in a Tech Support role, before coming the Manager of Tech Support and eventually switching to Sales. Paul Katzoff is the CEO of WhiteCanyon Software, the premier provider of data erasure software for SSD, Hard Drive, & Mobile Device platforms to global organizations of all sizes.

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Markovitz Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

Reducing changeover time of machines—the time it takes to switch from the last “good” part of product A to the next “good” part of product B—is one of the most powerful tools in lean manufacturing. This task switching imposes a real cognitive tax on the worker, too—greater stress, and a longer time to complete the work.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Either via an upfront signing bonus or longer-term earning potential, money nearly always plays a big role in the decision to switch firms. Although they are typically not worse off overall after switching firms, they often experience discomfort with their decision. Most instances of firm jumping are a financial calculation.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Have you switched up your career from leadership to consulting and coaching? Are you wondering how to establish your credibility with potential clients, especially when you're just starting? Do you wish you had a ready response to the "What do you?" question that is engaging and compelling? In this on-air coaching session with my client J.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

There’s a cut-off switch that won’t let it turn on until the door is closed. Your car might not let you switch to Drive unless you press the brake first. You can’t run the microwave with the door open.

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