Tom Spencer

JANUARY 31, 2025

One recent trend has been particularly eye-catching: the migration of creators from TikTok to Xiaohongshu (also known as RedNote) in the wake of regulatory pressures and potential bans. RedNote provides a meeting place between Eastern and Western digital cultures, and an opportunity for Western creators to tap into Chinese markets.

Healthcare 88

Healthcare Media Culture Trends 88

LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2025

Alignment with Ways of Working, Resources, and Capabilities We know from leadership simulation assessment data that too many leaders ignore cultural and operational realities. Strategies that clash with organizational culture or overlook operational constraints are unlikely to gain traction.

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Research Analysis Strategy Strategy 67

Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

And its transforming how businesses operate. For product leaders , large language models (LLMs) arent just another shiny tech trend, theyre reshaping how businesses interact with customers, automate workflows, and make decisions. AI isnt coming, its already here. If you want to stay ahead of the curve, understanding LLMs is essential.

Productivity 88

Productivity McKinsey Data Training 88

Tom Spencer

JULY 28, 2023

Consulting firms play a crucial role in guiding businesses through the integration of AI-powered renewables into their operations. Consulting Services to Facilitate AI-Powered Clean Tech Consulting firms specializing in clean tech can offer invaluable support to companies aiming to integrate AI-powered renewables into their operations.

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Operations Energy Data System 78

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Learning how consulting firms operate can help you better understand what you would do as an analyst. Market trends have changed, and you want to make sure the product will reach the correct target customer. Image: Pexels The post Consulting 101: Operations, Hierarchies, and Types of Firms first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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Operations Consulting Boston Consulting Group Industry 88

Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Read on: Shipbuilding Trends in 2018 and How Project Managers Can Adapt Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is the only international company capable of integrated production of not only ships but also engines, high-performance turbines, and marine machinery.

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Management Cash Flow Industry Real Estate 222

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Continuing their trend of high profile clients and cases, FTI assisted in the bankruptcy cases of Enron, WorldCom and Adelphia Communications. FTI began a new trend of rapid, global growth. FTI CONSULTING CULTURE. FTI CONSULTING ORGANIZATION.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

From starting with under 50 employees to over 500 staff members today, Cornerstone has grown successfully without losing the familial culture that was so important to its co-founders. The firm pays extremely well, does impactful work and employees rave about the great company culture and the smarts of their co-workers.

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Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Effective Managers

JUNE 19, 2024

Leaders must now manage teams that are dispersed across various locations, requiring new strategies for communication, collaboration, and maintaining company culture. Organizations quickly adopted new technologies to maintain operations and serve customers. Continuous Learning: Technology is constantly evolving.

Leadership 130

Leadership Agile Operations Data 130

Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They also tend to be more engaged and productive, contributing positively to the workplace culture. A skilled employee workforce improves operational efficiency, enhances customer satisfaction, and boosts revenue growth. The ability to adapt hinges on the skills and knowledge of your workforce.

Training 147

Training Training ROI Tools 147

LSA Global

APRIL 21, 2025

Foundational business sales training should include a primer on business acumen : key business drivers, financial metrics, and industry-specific trends. Are you fostering a growth mindset during new hire orientation to build an adaptive and high-performing sales culture ?

Sales 62

Sales Balance Sheet B2B Training 62

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this article, I’d like to share the insights we’ve gleaned from the model’s first full year of operation, which hopefully organizations in health care and many other industries will find useful. On the business side, the escalation process has provided improved visibility into operations.

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System Healthcare Metrics Report 131

Clarity Consultants

APRIL 27, 2024

Industry Trends Shaping Fortune 500 Learning In recent years, corporate learning within Fortune 500 companies has seen a notable shift towards personalized, digital learning experiences. This transformation reflects a broader trend in the industry, driven by advancements in technology and a growing emphasis on individualized learning paths.

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Development Training Training Trends 147

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

That’s up from 86% last year, and the trend makes sense. We surveyed and interviewed executives from more than 2,000 companies, asking extensive questions about how they develop leaders, how their companies are managed, how they coordinate their work, and what their organizational culture looks like.

Leadership 135

Leadership Deloitte Culture Pharmaceuticals 135

Epicflow

JULY 12, 2022

During the recent decade, companies have been making efforts to transform their business processes and culture to turn into data-driven organizations. . Basic day-to-day operations will be automated, and people will be able to focus more on innovation, collaboration, and communication. . Cultural challenges.

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Data Analysis Efficiency Survey 187

Clarity Consultants

MARCH 15, 2025

Organizations must analyze their workforce’s skill gaps, industry trends, and business objectives. By ensuring the content is completely error-free and operates flawlessly, we create a seamless learning experience that empowers your employees to excel. Key questions to consider include: What are the learning objectives?

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Development Strategy& Strategy Strategy 130

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty. They need to look beyond this month or this year to identify trends and take action. What new trends do you think will impact us?” Provide space to experiment.

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Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 138

Effective Managers

MAY 10, 2024

As a recognized practitioner, you commit to keeping up with industry best practices, emerging trends, and evolving methodologies. It’s invaluable for consultants seeking to widen their client base and operate across different countries and cultural contexts. The field of management consulting is constantly evolving.

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Consulting Management Benchmarking Training 130

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

By incorporating these disruptors into its own operations, a retailer can more easily pose challenging questions and embrace change more quickly. So they are more likely to recognize, for example, when a company’s legacy IT system has become a stumbling block to progress – a common affliction in retail operations.

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Retail Operations Productivity Industry 132

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting. Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. Operations and Supply Chain. IBM GBS Engagement Cost: $300k – $500k.

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IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

Three ways to manage the digital transition are: Define where change is needed most: Digital technology affects every company differently, but it tends to create or destroy value in four critical areas of the organization: customer engagement, digital products and services, operational performance, and preparing for disruptive new business models.

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Agile Data Development Industry 135

Epicflow

AUGUST 12, 2024

Safe manufacturing environment Digital transformation takes the safety of daily operations in the manufacturing environment to a new level. Example At Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai (China), 95% of operations are automated, which has allowed the company to reach a cycle time of less than 40 seconds. Big Data and Analytics.

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Examples Efficiency Data Automotive 130

Markovitz Consulting

MAY 29, 2018

The authors point out that without day-to-day exposure to the firm’s operations, directors typically have a thin understanding of the company. The memo itself consists of written text that highlights business performance, industry trends, competitive developments, and other strategic and organizational issues.

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Meeting Operations Exercises Conference 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2018

The trend is having a big impact on sales forces. The subscription sales trend in cloud computing (and many other industries) means more companies are facing a classic sales management dilemma: Should the same salesperson be responsible for both account acquisition and account management? CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

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Sales Guidelines Efficiency Software 138

Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Creating new business models, products and services: Big data provides organisations with the opportunity to identify customer demand, spot trends in the market and develop the next generation of products and services ( Tras, 2015 ). Big data provides organisations with the potential to achieve competitive advantage.

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Data Consulting Agile Industry 106

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Fast-iteration methodologies are a prerequisite, because talent tech has to be tailored to specific business needs and company context and culture. The job of leaders shifts from mandating change to fostering a culture of learning and growth.

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Talent Management Methodologies System 130

Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

They reached out to us because we wrote a book describing how these performance outcomes would be improved with an operating model that increases motivation.). Prior to this pilot, the operating model of the stores was focused on creating emotional and economic pressure to drive performance. Focus on Learning, Not Pressure.

How To 132

How To Retail Productivity Sales 132

Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

There were many “pre-internet” players, for example telecom operators and cable companies trying to provide interactive multimedia over their networks, but none could generate enough traction to create names that you would remember. We may be seeing a similar trend for blockchain technology.

Media 195

Media Banking Financial System 195

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Some health care businesses use duplicate dyad management structures—one to oversee the clinical enterprise and another to oversee the business and operations that support the clinical enterprise. The dyad model can help break down silos, improve the way clinical and operations leaders work together, and coordinate care.

Training 135

Training Training Management Healthcare 135

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Among the findings: On average, HR leaders lag far behind other professionals in their ability to operate in a highly digital environment and use data to guide business decisions. Such internal collaborations may not only help HR attain new skills, but also help to foster a data-driven culture across the organization.

Data 132

Data Talent Survey Recruiting 132

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

They require major professional and cultural adjustments, both coming and going, and those transitions are as tough on families as they are on employees. It’s how their executives develop the skills to lead across cultures and learn the inner workings of a global business; it’s how rising leaders advance into the senior ranks.

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Recruiting Recruitment Operations Company 118

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects. Building Balanced Cultures. Every high performer needs both.

Metrics 135

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 135

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

When to Change Business Strategies: The Top 5 Reasons We know from organizational culture assessment data that the way work gets done must change when strategies change. We also know that business and leaders who fail to strategically adjust to trends, needs, or advancements risk being left behind. Take Apple, for example.

Strategy 63

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Trends 63

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These findings support a larger trend of the growing importance of employee wellbeing. Airbnb has pushed the limits of designing its customer call center operation in Portland, Oregon. Over a third of employees feel that they don’t get enough natural light in their workspace. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Real Estate 133

Real Estate Survey Study Wireless 133

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

The report said that 44 percent of companies report that agile practices are widely used within the development team, and 41 percent say the same thing for IT operations, leaving a significant percentage still using it in pockets, or not at all. Production and operations (82 percent). Customer service and support (79 percent).

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Agile Survey Company Data 90

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

One large media organization faces large incumbent players and operates in a market that is growing quickly. Rather than using traditional top-down management practices, the company organized itself into small business units, each of which operates in a local geography. We call this operating structure the “network of teams.”

Leadership 70

Leadership Metrics Operations Culture 70

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2017

While boards may define their need for a technology director somewhat differently, “every board should have access to someone who knows what technology can do for the business and what the trends are,” says Theriault. I can guide them by saying, let’s look at this trend or here’s a new technology to consider.

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Recruiting Recruitment System Trends 120