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Managing Risks and Controlling Projects: How Data-Driven Project Management Come in Useful for Multi-Project Environments

Epicflow

This article is inspired by the webinar featuring Epicflow co-founder Jan Willem Tromp and professor Mario Vanhoucke based on his latest book “The Illusion of Control: Project Data, Computer Algorithms and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis? First of all, you need data.

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Asset Management – Client Segmentation (Part 3 of 4)

Tom Spencer

Retail Wealth Management. In countries with concentrated banking sectors, the banks will have enough scale and cross-selling opportunities to have their own major asset management divisions. For passive investing, Blackrock and Vanguard are able to get costs very low due to their scale and skill in replicating a benchmark index.

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WalMart Margins Set to Plunge? Will Rest of Retail Follow? What About Jobs?

MishTalk

Retail sales reports on Wednesday have me thinking about the strength of the economy, commercial construction, jobs, and profit margins. Fewer Stores, Less Hiring Fewer stores means less construction and less hiring. Wal-Mart''s same-store sales — an industry benchmark of health — haven''t risen in six quarters.

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Singapore Set for Icelandic-Style Property Bubble Meltdown; Hype or Reality?

MishTalk

percent even as the country’s red hot construction sector has been attracting overseas workers, and a growing number of wealthy citizens are hiring domestic helpers from neighboring countries like the Philippines and Indonesia. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

We know that when IT projects fail, it is usually not because the technology didn’t work (although this can sometimes be the case), but because the changes required at an organizational and employee level weren’t managed effectively. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%.

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business

.” Bear in mind that even though the job is yours if you want it, you must “continue to be enthusiastic” in your dealings with your prospective manager, says Lees. ” That may indeed be the case, but it’s not the message you want to send to your would-be manager. ” Be methodical. Do I crave autonomy?

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Decision-Making Traps for Teams to Avoid

LSA Global

Top Biases and Tips to Mitigate Them Based upon new manager training data, here is the list of the most common decision-making traps for teams and tips to avoid them. Tips to Mitigate Overconfidence Bias Foster a culture of humility, benchmarking, continuous learning. It can also lead to complacency.

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