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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Finding valuable insights: Structured and unstructured data sources can uncover patterns and relationships that reveal customer needs, expose system vulnerabilities and improve productivity and performance. Tailoring products to individual needs: Big data allows an organisation to narrowly segment customers.

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Front-Line To C-Suite | Inside The Heart and Mind of Former Disney COO and Experience Steward Jim MacPhee

Consulting Matters

Today, I'm chatting with one of my favorite executives of all time, Jim MacPhee, recently retired Chief Operating Officer and self-proclaimed Experience Steward for Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. In January 2018, Jim was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer/Senior Vice President, Walt Disney World® Resort.

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Institute of Management Consultants Announces New Chair and Directors of the Board

IMC USA

June 5, 2018 — The Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC USA, www.imcusa.org ) announces the election of Juan A. CMC is a consultant with The Dallas Marketing Group and specializes in marketing, market research, strategic planning, sales, operations and product development in tech, medical devices and health care.

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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

The State of Project Management 2018 survey by Wellingtone reveals a harsh truth — dissatisfaction with the current level of project management maturity in organizations all over the world is higher than a year ago. HHI had delivered more than 2,150 ships to 320 shipowners in 51 countries as of 2017.

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Take Steps Now to Protect Your Independent Status!

Successful Independent Consulting

About two months ago, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case Dynamex Operations West Inc. The company must only contract for the end product, not how it is achieved. It’s because of this third part of the test that you need to pay attention to how you operate. Get a dedicated business phone number.

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Building a successful platform business

Tom Spencer

In 2018, marketplace platforms – products or services that mediate transactions in other products and/or services between two or more groups – are ubiquitous in many industries. Services can help a platform operator differentiate their marketplace from competitors, and also lock in users.

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Driverless technology: a soon-to-be reality?

Tom Spencer

The advantages of collaborating are clear: it reduces costs, lowers risk and allows carmakers to share in the expertise already gathered by these tech firms, all of which speeds up the time it takes to bring products to market. There is a strong sense among carmakers that they need to innovate or risk becoming obsolete.

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