Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Prior to Accenture offering me a position, one of my interviewers asked me “what attracted you to consulting?”. Their biggest challenges have been company culture, rising competition, late adoption, and underdeveloped talent. Thanduxolo Love Mtsweni is a Management Consultant Analyst at Accenture in South Africa.

Consulting 113

Consulting Accenture Industry Interviews 113

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2018

One of the most important and challenging decisions faced by corporate directors is whether to promote a new CEO from within or to hire new talent when a CEO leaves the company. Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency.

Study 73

Study Productivity Efficiency Analysis 73

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. Certain tasks, such as talking a client through their frustration with a faulty product or mishandled order will, for now, remain a human task. Yet other elements of the “job” of store associate are still done by humans, including advising in-store customers about product features.

Accenture 130

Accenture Examples Retail Productivity 130

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

But it’s important to remember what comes between the motivated employee and the satisfied customer: the innovative product or service that the employee creates and the company sells. With the rapid development of the Internet of Things , incorporating up-to-the-minute digital technology has become critical to its product innovation.

Metrics 132

Metrics Survey Software Operations 132

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Success is fueled by the knowledge, skills, talent, and efforts of individual consultants. As Generation Z comes of age, it is important for consulting firms to understand the hopes and expectations of the newest cohort of graduating talent. Ambitious young professionals value workplaces that recognize and reward productivity.

Culture 78

Culture Talent Construction Training 78

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

There are four things I think publishers need to know to compete in the digital age: The product drives the business. In a sense, publishing is like any other business: Your success is driven by customer demand for your product. The quality of a publishing product comes down to user experience and reporting. Insight Center.

Journal 94

Journal Talent Video Productivity 94

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Anyone who follows the cultural industries — art, music, publishing, theater, cinema — knows of the tussles between artists and those who feed off of their talents. Sponsored by Accenture. That’s a staggeringly long list. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain. How technology is transforming transactions.

Film 135

Film Intellectual Property Video Advertising 135

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2016

At MyEdu, we had developed a college student profile product, and Blackboard – one of the largest educational software companies in the world – purchased our company to supplement their existing product portfolio with this rich new capability. It might be to buy talent. Sponsored by Accenture. Insight Center.

Software 96

Software Education Culture Productivity 96

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Insight Center.

Agile 80

Agile Development Methodologies Software 80

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

Sponsored by Accenture. Further, to increase organizational learning, the company is dispersing machine learning experts across product groups and training thousands of software engineers, across all Google products, in basic machine learning. The vast majority are still playing catch-up. Insight Center. The Age of AI.

Insurance 130

Insurance Insurance Video Training 130

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2017

Siri is super, Alexa is awesome, and Cortana’s quite clever, but better bots and digital assistants aren’t going to determine personal productivity’s data-driven future. Tomorrow’s most effective executives will merge and marry workplace data and analytics to digitally design more-productive versions of themselves.

Enterprise 105

Enterprise Data Productivity Software 105

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

The first use case involves predicting demand for consumer products that are in the “long tail” of consumption. This method works well for popular products in large regions but tends to fail when data gets thin because random noise overwhelms the underlying signal. Sponsored by Accenture. Predicting demand.

Data 132

Data Advertising Operations Case Study 132

Kates Kesler

MAY 7, 2020

Customer centricity is defined here as creating unique product value propositions and strategies to deliver against unmet customer needs. You may be asking, isn’t it the role of a Chief Product Officer to create solutions across products? Since inception, they have consistently developed cutting edge, best-in-class products.

Accenture 91

Accenture Engineering Methodologies Productivity 91

Harvard Business

JANUARY 30, 2018

AT&T and a host of other companies are trying to address a crucial issue in business: the severe shortage of AI talent. In the future, AT&T says that it might begin offering the AI platform as a product to other companies. But that’s barely a drop in the bucket for what companies will need in their future workforces.

Accenture 77

Accenture Tools Insurance Insurance 77

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

The office is incredibly diverse, with some of the best talent from 35+ countries and folks that speak 29 languages. The main industries served out of New York include Public Services, Products, and not surprisingly, the Financial Industry. Accenture has a nearly-secret, much smaller, unofficial office on 11 Broadway.

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

From self-driving cars to drones to automated business operations, this technology has the potential to enhance productivity, direct human talent on critical issues, accelerate innovation, and lower operating costs. Sponsored by Accenture. Insight Center. The Age of AI. How it will impact business, industry, and society.

System 123

System Training Training Video 123

Management Consulted

MAY 7, 2017

Accenture , 560 Mission St. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Makes sense, as Accenture’s technology services are world class and get put to good use out in Silicon Valley. 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105.

Consulting 113

Consulting Bain Deloitte McKinsey 113

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Look for boundary-spanning partnerships: As work becomes more complex, it takes teams and cross-boundary collaborations to build products, attract customers, and achieve results. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. How to make your company more nimble and responsive.

Agile 140

Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 140

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

This collaborative approach is no longer optional: No single company, deploying only its own products or services, can capture IoT’s value by itself, and certainly not with the speed required in today’s digital market. They Update Their Talent Management Strategies. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

ROI 73

ROI Operations Talent Accenture 73

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2018

In a new Accenture survey (titled Reworking the Revolution , which will be published on January 23 rd ) of 1,200 C-level executives worldwide, 75% say that they are currently accelerating investments in AI and other intelligent technologies. So, there’s a great deal at stake in the debate over productivity and jobs.

Enterprise 73

Enterprise Accenture Research Productivity 73

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

Ostensibly, young companies are “acqui-hired” more for their best people than for any real interest in their products, services, or ongoing operations. Talent acquisition is acqui-hiring’s main purpose, say innovation pundits — everything else matters less. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy.

Talent 73

Talent Enterprise How To Agile 73

Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Yet most organizations don’t manage internal collaboration productively, and assume that technology or formal org charts can yield agility. Leaders who nurture their internal networks in this way produce better outcomes —financial, strategic, and talent-related. Insight Center.

Agile 140

Agile How To Efficiency Groups 140

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

And this is precisely the problem that many companies are having in their efforts to collaborate with partners, share resources and knowledge, and create new products and services. For many business leaders — 85%, according to a recent Accenture survey — such open innovation is critical to their strategic plans.

Intellectual Property 70

Intellectual Property Talent Groups Accenture 70

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 9, 2022

To be a great consultant your professional skills, experience, and contribution to your firm are absolutely necessary, but at the same time there are many hard working and talented professionals who get habitually overlooked. Thanduxolo Love Mtsweni is a Management Consultant Analyst at Accenture in South Africa.

Consulting 88

Consulting Accenture Sports Management 88

Kates Kesler

JULY 24, 2020

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Metrics and Rewards.

Talent 65

Talent Metrics Accenture Development 65

Kates Kesler

JULY 22, 2020

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Metrics and Rewards.

Talent 65

Talent Metrics Accenture Development 65

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. One common mistake companies make is waiting too long to put new organizational structures and leadership in place, causing talented executives to leave for greener pastures, and customers to switch to a competing brand. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

Operations 120

Operations Culture Deloitte Accenture 120

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What I found particularly fascinating was the number of variables that needed to be taken into account while making strategic decisions on governance, production or any other function. We love it!

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Harvard Business

JULY 22, 2016

Organizations that manage digital networks (we call them network orchestrators) are different from traditional product and service providers. Instagram is an exciting marketing channel; GoPro’s account helps keep users engaged with the company and lets GoPro know how people use its products. Sponsored by Accenture.

Real Estate 70

Real Estate Talent System Accenture 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2014

An Accenture survey conducted last year found that only one in five companies said that they were “very satisfied” with the returns they’ve received from analytics to date. Cross-functional analytics can be a challenge to implement for a variety of reasons including functional silos and a shortage in analytics talent.

Enterprise 70

Enterprise Metrics Analysis Survey 70

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 5, 2019

Accenture has been growing in popularity during recent years. Consultants at Accenture can expect a base salary as high as $85,000. However, only students of top talent within these programs are recruited. They may also provide advice regarding new product launches, pricing, market differentiation, etc.

Consulting 81

Consulting Management Case Interview Recruitment 81

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. While Cruise is a far cry from old-line auto manufacturing, GM saw in it an opportunity to advance its own capabilities in autonomous vehicles by acquiring talent and technology that would have taken too long to develop organically. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. Getting Ahead of the Risks.

Company 77

Company Retail Insurance Insurance 77

Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Strength of productivity program. This means improving productivity at a rate sufficient to put you in at least the top 30% of your industry. While nearly doubling its labor productivity, PCC managed to reduce its overhead ratio by three percentage points. Insight Center.

Research 73

Research Balance Sheet Industry Sales 73

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Google (along with its parent, Alphabet) is known for importing talent through acquisition—and Google is a very prolific acquirer. Traditional scale deals now account for only about half of all M&A, according to our most recent proprietary research. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

Insurance 73

Insurance Insurance Accenture Bain 73

Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Accenture has found that over 65 percent of senior executives say that they are struggling to realize the expected benefits of cloud transformation. For example, in the case of the client-centric, omnichannel distribution bank, success required sales and product teams to collaborate more seamlessly to the benefit of the client.

Accenture 50

Accenture Government Tools Banking 50

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Clark Kibler – Director of Product Management – MPARTICLE. Jiaona Zhang – Product Manager – Pocket Gems. Without an MBA or a PhD, you won’t get very far up the ladder, which, no matter how talented you are, is going to have a huge bearing on your compensation. Accenture, a Capgemini Consulting Competitor.

Analysis 100

Analysis Groups Interviews Culture 100

Kates Kesler

JANUARY 18, 2022

She had hired top talent, built assets, and delivered high quality demonstration projects. They do all the right things: create a strategy, announce a leader, build and buy the talent needed, research and implement best practices, purchase new technology, and roll-out training. Kates Kesler, a part of Accenture. January 2022.

Enterprise 50

Enterprise Talent Accenture Energy 50