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Big Ideas, Bad Results: Avoiding Strategic Uselessness

Tom Spencer

Execution requires alignment with operational realities, not just a vision of where the organization wants to go. The firm had no clear path to profitability, its Messianic ambitions eventually outpacing its financial resources and operational capabilities, and it filed for bankruptcy in 2023.

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How does your consulting business stack up? Take our 16th Annual WIC Best Practices Survey (open March 14-April 7) and find out.

Women in Consulting

Over the years, it’s offered useful insights into the evolution of Bay Area consulting businesses, such as billing and marketing tool trends, consulting expertise and specialties, structure and operations. Total profit for 2017. This year our survey is open March 14 to April 7, 2018, and takes only 10 – 15 minutes to complete.

Survey 31
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Best Practices Survey

Women in Consulting

Over the years, it’s offered interesting insights into the evolution of Bay Area consulting businesses, such as billing trends and rates, consulting expertise and specialties, structure and operations. Our survey is open March 14 to April 7, 2017 and takes only 10 – 15 minutes to complete. Again, the survey closes April 7, 2017.

Survey 54
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The Element of Surprise Is a Bad Strategy for a Trade War

Harvard Business

While Trump triggered the legal investigation behind the China case in August 2017, the first 1,333 products that he plans to hit with tariffs weren’t publicly revealed until April 3. A short turnaround between product announcement and tariffs means countervailing political forces have little time to mobilize.