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Leading by Lending a Hand to Others

Harmonious Workplaces

Additionally, I began a mentee relationship with Alan Landers, from whom I learned much about organizational development and change leadership through a certification course offered by The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Enable Others to Act  — Build teams, develop others, and make future leaders.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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Eight Tech trends of 2015

freshminds

Technology is constantly influencing the way that businesses run in 2015. So let's deconstruct the Tech trends of 2015. Disruptive technologies need to be harnessed for their maximum effect and strategies need to be developed to deal with the operational realities of today with the demands of the future that digital may bring.

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China’s Role in Africa

Tom Spencer

An interesting finding from this study was that Africans rank China alongside the USA as having a top development model for their countries. More than $94 billion was invested in Africa from 2000 to 2015. Infrastructure development is one of the key reasons why Africans hold a positive view of China’s involvement in Africa.

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How Companies Can Champion Sustainable Development

Harvard Business

Given political climates around the world and a new wariness around international cooperation, the private sector could find itself in the hot seat: trying to pick up the slack on big issues from climate change to sustainable development. The problem is that the private sector is not easily organized to create or bolster public goods.

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs. This needs to change.

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The Cambridge Group: Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Rick Kash developed an inverted, but extraordinarily effective, ideology of “demand and supply” and applied it to all aspects of The Cambridge Group. One problem, however, with tossing traditional practice to the wind is that it takes a significant amount of success to prove that you’re operating on more than just blind luck.

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