Tom Spencer

APRIL 5, 2025

In todays fast-paced, customer-centric marketplace, developing successful products requires more than just technical skills and innovation it demands a deep understanding of users’ needs and a creative approach to problem-solving. What is Design Thinking? These stages are not linear.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2024

The Internet and AI tools are transforming marketing communications within a complex, interactive landscape called the echoverse.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

Narrowing your niche is an important step in the right direction, but you’ll also want to develop a tagline as part of your branding. A marketing tagline is short phrase that helps people remember you in a certain way. See my earlier article for tips.) These words should cause that expert to be top-of-mind. You get the idea.

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Epicflow

JULY 5, 2024

In this article, we highlight the top 15 capacity planning tools and offer valuable recommendations to help you select the most suitable one for your business needs. A capacity planning tool is software developed to assist organizations in allocating and managing their resources more effectively.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

When startups are deciding where to locate, many consider setting up shop in “tech clusters” that have developed labor markets for the specialized staff that startups need to grow. Yet these areas are dense with talent for a reason: It’s often due to the presence of large firms with whom these fledgling companies must compete.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 31, 2020

Client development is what you do to develop clients — one of the most important practices of any consulting business. Right now, in the middle of a pandemic, client development can be tough. Client Development for Consultants: How to Grow & Keep Clients is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Consulting Success

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The most effective marketing is marketing that polarizes. You don’t want to and shouldn’t want to try and attract the majority of the market place. The most effective marketing is marketing that polarizes. Then develop your messaging around them. You need to have a different marketing.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Read the article to learn about top capacity planning tools applicable to manufacturing projects and learn how to select the most suitable one. Kantata supports industries including manufacturing, consulting, IT, engineering, and marketing and provides them with tools for precise resource planning and project coordination.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2023

He posited that this segment was an untapped market opportunity and that companies, by developing products and services accessible to them, could create sustainable and profitable ventures, while also improving the lives of the poor. But in doing so, it also drew attention away from other inclusion gaps.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 30, 2024

Read the article to learn more about this practice and its role in manufacturing, and explore recommendations that will drive MOM’s efficiency. This practice increases supply chain efficiency, makes it cost-effective and responsive to market changes. To achieve these goals, they are adopting the latest technologies (Industry 4.0)

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore some of the most common roadblocks for manufacturing project s as well as suggest actionable recommendations for addressing them. Manufacturing project s are subject to various risks: e.g., supply chain disruption s, market fluctuation, equipment failure, safety risks, and others. Risk and Uncertainty.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 28, 2024

(For more help with this, including a link to my North Star Template, read this prior article.) Contrary to what you might think, going to market as a jack-of-all-trades usually backfires. Land Your First Project Dont be afraid to take the leap to solopreneurship because youre anxious about having to sell or do business development.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2025

In todays fast-paced business environment, successful product development demands more than just great ideas and cutting-edge technology. This article explores the importance of cross-functional teams and how they drive successful product development. It requires collaboration, agility, and a deep understanding of the customer.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. EDENS, of which the latter is CEO, has led the revitalization of the 45-acre Union Market district in Northeast Washington, DC. The Union Market challenge. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2018

Content marketing is not some marketing fad. Content marketing is essential for consultants because we are in the knowledge business. If you're not implementing a content marketing strategy, you are leaving money (and credibility) on the table. These types of resources include articles, blog posts and podcasts.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2025

[Note : Most people would break this into a few different articles but I want you to have all the info in one place. strategy development, market research, transformation initiatives). Here's how to tap into this market: Find the Right Firms Start with internet searches that combine your area of expertise and location (e.g.,

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

It's the lack of words that keeps websites from getting launched and marketing tactics from getting implemented. Related Article: "7 Reasons Why Your Client Aren't Getting it When you Write and Talk About What You Do". This article is for you. Or, you may be mystified why most leadership development doesn't seem to stick.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2024

Entering a foreign market comes with inherent challenges. Whether capitalizing on outsider status to tap into local labor markets, establishing potent associations to build credibility, or forging strategic partnerships to foster mutual international growth, your foreignness can indeed become your competitive edge.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2025

This article was written by Gabrielle Fontaine , PB, ASBC, and the founder of BookkeepingDirect, an accounting and business consulting firm for small businesses. Do business development at least once a week. Schedule timeat least an hour a weekto do marketing and outreach related to business development, even when youre busy.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Companies rely on Learning & Development (L&D) programs – especially eLearning – to stay competitive as industries change. However, the actual value of these learning and development programs lies not just in their immediate impact but in their long-term effects on business performance driven by employee learning.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In this article, we will look at how to conduct what is called ‘ customer development ’ – the process through which a business comes to understand the needs, pain points, and behavior of potential customers through direct conversation and feedback.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 25, 2023

CAMPBELL, CA – May 25, 2023 Training Industry announced that Clarity Consultants was named to the 2023 Training Industry’s Custom Content Development Companies Watch List. Custom content development primarily includes custom instructional course design and development for external use. Client representation.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

These include proactive social media listening to identify and head off or more quickly respond to looming challenges; a community-centric approach, including investments in projects that provide long-term benefits to ensure local support; partnerships with longstanding local businesses that intimately understand their market dynamics; and more robust (..)

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 15, 2018

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. This Silicon Valley-based previous electrical engineer with a passion for theater studied at Carnegie Mellon, then started his career in product marketing and sales before becoming a VP General Manager. Never neglect your network!

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2023

Fortunately, a new development playbook to solve this problem is already evolving, and it is anchored on the young people equipped with advanced digital skills in Sub-Saharan Africa. These young workers are digitally savvy, creative, and can lead a massive transformation — if they’re equipped and supported to unlock their potential.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2024

Creators aren’t just changing marketing. They’re transforming product development, too. Creators can drive demand for specialized products, accelerating product life cycles and even changing what customers actually value.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This article examines how AI is affecting small businesses and discusses the hurdles that need to be overcome to fully embrace this transformative technology. Additionally, AI-powered tools can be used to enhance market strategies. However, adopting AI is not without its challenges. Impact of AI on Small Businesses 1.

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Clarity Consultants

AUGUST 3, 2023

These services can include content development, learning administration, learning delivery, vendor management, measurement and analytics, learning strategy and learning technology. Industry visibility, innovation and impact in the learning services market. Client representation. Business performance and growth.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 19, 2025

AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT and others, aren’t just fancy tech toys—they’re strategic weapons that can revolutionize your email marketing and broader marketing initiatives when wielded with precision. Think of these AI tools as your marketing department’s secret laboratory.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

This article is your first step. Related Articles: Consulting vs. Leading. A coach helps individual leaders develop clarity on what they need to focus on and create action plans to achieve those goals. Related Article : Consulting vs. Coaching. Related Articles/Podcast Episode: Face the Five Fears of Working for Yourself.

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Read the article to find out how to cope with the uncertainty in R&D projects and increase the chances of achieving desired outcomes. Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

This article will break down how LLMs work, why they matter for product leaders, their impact on the business bottom line, and key challenges for implementation. These models are trained on massive datasets comprising books, articles, websites, and other textual sources. LLMs work similarly.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 31, 2025

The global life sciences consulting market is expected to grow by around 10% per year from 2024 to 2029. This means there is likely to be huge demand for consultants with life sciences expertise to work on a range of projects from navigating the complex regulatory landscape to developing business growth strategies.

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David A Fields

JULY 14, 2020

Since you can’t attract or court Belinda Buyalot in person, you’ve moved your consulting firm’s visibility-building, marketing, and business development efforts online. Your consulting firm has adjusted to the lack of in-person meetings, conferences, meals, and walk-the-halls opportunities. So has everyone else.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2023

The International Sustainability Standards Board and the European Commission are implementing new mandatory non-financial reporting requirements, with the former releasing its inaugural standards for global capital markets and the latter developing standards as part of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Inside the world of organizational development, Ron quickly learned that being an agent of change is a real challenge. Rather than marketing himself as the independent expert in his domain, Ron has built up his business with a group of colleagues that share his passion for the work they do. Developing A Mindset of Discipline.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

In this article, we will explore the rise of digital currency, potential impacts on the global financial system, and strategies traditional financial institutions are employing to keep pace. 2024, the global cryptocurrency market capitalisation reached more than US$3.7

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