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5 reasons to choose strategy consulting over financial advisory consulting

Management Consulted

In a matter of months, a consultant in strategy may jump from discovering how to cut costs in a shipping corporation to finding ways for promoting a new product in the technology industry. 4) Strategy consulting firms offer training that is modeled at top global business schools like HBS and Stanford.

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To Change Your Strategy, First Change How You Think

Harvard Business

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.

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Consultant Ninja: Booz & Company consultant-ese: Management.

Consultant Ninja

All too often we receive renumeration from world renowned enterprises for our broad reaching exotic linguistic constructions, creating internal incentives for the production of voluminous manuals and reports. :-) You must have Black Belt Sensei training! Productivity. (6). Looking forward to reading your other posts. Newer Post.

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The Right Kind of Conflict Leads to Better Products

Harvard Business

When partners in an alliance come into conflict, it can be just what is needed to produce a technically and commercially successful product. ” This idea that disagreement and conflict between groups can be productive is not new. Similar failures among cockpit crews can lead to airline crashes. The results were fascinating.

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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live.

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation (part 2.

Consultant Ninja

In other words, they got off the avgas variation train at a specific time; that itself, to me, is a speculative move. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6%

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Consultant Ninja: Classic Consulting Quotes. (Chapter 4, Part 1.

Consultant Ninja

Was there good training involved?". So you were organized by product line, then, right?". 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6).