Martinka Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

Robbie Bach spoke at my Rotary club last fall, asked us to think about all the subscriptions we have, and guessed most of us would be at 20. Once the vaccine is out en masse people are going to want to see each other, talk in person, get fodder for gossiping, and head out for coffee or lunch together.

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Technology Implementation Journal Exercises Retail 40

MishTalk

JULY 17, 2014

The plane, a Boeing 777 with 295 people on board, was reported by Interfax news agency to be en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it came down before entering Russian airspace. Investigators have still not located the wreckage of MH370, which crashed on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We also love visuals to help us to gain clarity with our thinking, and so we use the Support/Influence Matrix to map the people part of projects. This really useful tool can help you as a project manager to understand how your stakeholders feel about your project and how much power and influence they hold over it.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Vinson should not have traveled on a commercial flight, federal health officials said, when she boarded Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 on Monday, en route from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth. Is the US attempting to contain the disease or not? 28 and put in isolation. While in Ohio, she also reportedly travelled from Cleveland to Akron.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Dinner at a fine restaurant is mostly cleaning, chopping, mise en place and service, not the part we see on the plate itself. But it turns out that all the other parts, the parts that we think might be beneath us, it's those that matter the most. Without a doubt, if the thing we built isn't of high quality, don't bother.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 1, 2014

I wish I had English subtitles to the video, but a translation from Jacob Dreizin, a US citizen who speaks Russian and reads Ukrainian, will have to suffice. The US did. Perhaps you don''t want to, but I suggest Russian analysis appears far more professional, and timely than anything Ukraine or the US puts out.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 25, 2013

Thus, retailers en masses started bombarding customers with Christmas promotions three days sooner this year than last. Toys R Us announced Wednesday that it would expand its price-match guarantee to include online retailers including Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com and BestBuy.com, among others. What to Expect This Holiday Season.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2018

References: “Virtual Reality in Medicine and Healthcare to Generate US$285 Million in 2022.” Stanford Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, stanfordchildrens.org/en/innovation/virtual-reality/stanford-virtual-heart. Images: Flickr , Flickr. ABI Research, 5 Oct. Kuehn, Bridget M. 2, 2011, pp.

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Emerson Consulting Group

JUNE 7, 2019

Muskets fired into the air by two Colonial-garbed “minutemen” pushed us ahead gingerly with ever-quickening paces past the Concord Free Library and the 300-year-old Colonial Inn. Not long after, however, at Mile Marker #2, a throng of seasoned runners effortlessly whizzed ahead.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

MARCH 22, 2023

An “outside-in” deep-dive review, using an external consultant, can help your Company obtain an objective and unvarnished truth. Let us cure this affliction! Remember to write a brief explanatory narrative to include in your cost narrative database or library!

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MishTalk

APRIL 15, 2017

The report concludes By 2030, 25% of Miles Driven in US Could Be in Shared Self-Driving Electric Cars. million conventional autos sold in the US. Long haul trucking miles will vanish first, en masse, and quickly. While total vehicle demand isn’t likely to change materially, the types of cars required will be vastly different.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

President Maduro has already announced they will pull the plug on CNN En Español , an important source of independent information. The only way Venezuela can import anything is from dwindling US dollar reserves. Ridiculous Idea Hyperinflationists believe the same thing is going to happen in the US. The idea is ridiculous.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 21, 2014

Yes people are working longer, but in relation to the number of people moving from one demographic group to the next, huge numbers of retirement-aged people have dropped out of the labor force en masse, as the following charts show. Off the Mark I have no desire to start "blog wars" but ZeroHedge is way off the mark.

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MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

With the bankruptcy of Detroit and numerous cities in California, it will not be long before the rating agencies downgrade city debt en masse. Philadelphia : 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt; Mayor Holds Closed Meeting With Wall Street to Discuss Asset Sales. Avalanche of City Downgrades Coming Up. Zombified Cities.

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MishTalk

JULY 29, 2013

Carl-like robots are not about to replace human bartenders en masse just yet, but technology is certainly advancing at breakneck speed. European Merry-Go-Round, Rising Yields in Spain, Obamacare, the US Dollar, Student Loans, Gold. I find these kinds of articles fascinating. Mike "Mish" Shedlock. 2012-07-11: Capital Account.

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Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising 75

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Given the large number of casualties this year — witness the bankruptcy filings of such venerable institutions as Toys ‘R Us, The Limited, H.H. Another approach is to focus on the story of each product, as happens in L’Occitane en Provence when customers encounter associates.

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MishTalk

MAY 28, 2015

Meanwhile, back in the US, McDonald's employees think they are worth $15 an hour for taking orders and handing people a sack of crap. Delivery drivers could be replaced en masse by self-driving cars, which are likely to hit the market within a decade or two, or even drones.

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MishTalk

MARCH 10, 2015

Such was the case again yesterday when I wrote Driverless Cars in 30 US cities; Death of Cars? And when it does happen, it will likely be en masse. Comments on my blog soar every time I write about driverless vehicles. Convenience vs. Cost; Comfortable Predictions. Like it or not, driverless vehicles are coming.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 22, 2016

Yet, after boomers die off en masse, I foresee all kinds of health-related jobs will vanish until the next retirement boom hits. Millions of driving jobs of all kinds will vanish in the US alone, by 2025 though, not 2020. I don't accept that chart, at least for the implied reasons. Trucks and Taxis What about truck and taxi drivers?

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MishTalk

JULY 8, 2013

The overall job loss is still 2 million, in spite of the fact the US now has a working-age population that is 14 million higher than in June 2007.". Since this is happening en masse, I expect downward revisions in the future over Obamacare Double Counting. June Part-Time Employment. Wallace writes " Hello Mish. Snapshot 2007 vs. 2013.

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Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial 77

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Surprisingly (to us anyway), the average effects of acceleration on equity and debt raised were nearly identical in emerging market and high-income country contexts. As one entrepreneurship expert suggests, “Pitch sessions might be fun, but curated matchmaking may be more useful.” Finding talent is critical.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Let's just say that they don't like us very much. As usual, we spent the full hour car ride arguing en route to the "Party." He greeted us with "Happy Easter!" Now, a little over 10 years later, we're all used to each other. They don't like us any better, but they're used to having us around.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2017

And while we’ve found customers for IoT connectivity, the number of our customers who value the new technology has been much lower than industry projections led us to believe. Rogers’ classic Diffusion of Innovation Theory – buy products en masse after the “early adopters.”

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Productivity Software Development Efficiency 35

MishTalk

AUGUST 16, 2013

However, from a sentiment standpoint, high profile gold supporters dumping their stash en masse is what it takes to make a bottom. A friend reminded us that Paulson & Co. Since someone has to own the assets at any point in time, there is still someone left to sell. There always is. Losing Faith in Gold at the Wrong Time.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 27, 2015

She was not what you might expect – in her late 30s, she was from the Northeast US, had brown frizzy hair, wore soccer jerseys and Adidas flats, and rode a motorbike. Our host smuggled currency to us in cargo pants (the currency had just been deregulated and hyperinflation was a thing, but foreign exchange was illegal).

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Bain Consulting Travel Study 100

MishTalk

JANUARY 29, 2015

For further discussion, please see Attack on Mariupol Begins; 7,000-8,000 Ukrainian Forces Nearly Encircled in Northern Cauldron; US Sends Army Trainers. According to the Ternopil military commissariat (draft board) "the population of Ternopol province is quitting their jobs en masse, with the goal of avoiding the draft.

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Prudent Pedal

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Selling philosophies exist to guide us. A meaningful philosophy allows us to thrive in grey areas and fill in the gaps where “process” and the “right” words do not exist—where they should NOT exist. Such approaches collapse under their own weight. ” What is yours? Be prudent. Prudent Pedal.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Silvio Berlusconi supporters threatened to resign form Italy''s parliament en masse today, even though a week ago Berlusconi himself said he would not end the coalition. To someone in the US, such a ploy makes little sense, because as soon as you resign, you lose your vote.

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Government Financial Report Management 77

MishTalk

JULY 17, 2014

According to the Financial Times Anatoly Geraschenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said in a Facebook posting " Using a zenith-rocket Buk system, the terrorists just downed a passenger airline heading from Kuala-Lampur to Amsterdam ". How likely is that statement? But neither would I jump to conclusions.

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Airlines System Knowledge Base Exercises 78

MishTalk

AUGUST 24, 2013

The Defense Department has a responsibility to provide the president with options for all contingencies,” Hagel told reporters yesterday while en route to Kuala Lumpur, where he starts a week-long visit to the region. The point being the US receives no particular benefit regardless of who wins. Better if Assad Won?

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Chemicals Report Government Groups 76

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Bank of America describes this as the “displacement of human labour”, estimating that almost half of US jobs could be at risk. Bank of America said "robo-advisors" using algorithm-based systems will “disrupt” 25m workers in financial and legal services. Productivity will soar but wages will not rise at the same pace, if at all.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 12, 2020

If the US Federal Reserve can delay but not ultimately prevent a downturn from occurring, then why do they continually intervene in financial markets in order to create credit fuelled asset bubbles and prevent supply and demand from finding a market clearing price? Let us consider one of the hidden costs of continual money creation.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 27, 2013

The favorite cry of US government apologists -–everyone spies! falls impotent in the face of this sort of ubiquitous, suspicionless spying that is the sole province of the US and its four English-speaking surveillance allies (the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand). 4th and 1st Amendments Under Fire. War Against Journalists.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

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MishTalk

AUGUST 10, 2014

Total Failure Senator McCain and others want to send more weapons to Iraq, as we bomb US weapons already there (but now in hands of Isis). US Bombs Its Own Weapons Let''s tie the above thoughts together starting with The US Bombing Its Own Guns Perfectly Sums Up Americas Total failure in Iraq.

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MishTalk

MAY 12, 2015

However, Democrats en masse demanded Tuesday that Republicans include in the deal two additional, committee-approved bills: a non-controversial measure supporting African economies and a customs enforcement measure that includes controversial language aimed at cracking down on China for currency manipulation. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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