Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

As AI becomes more integrated into business, high quality data for training AI becomes more valuable and a more important part of employees’ contribution. Companies need to navigate if and how employees will be compensated for their data, as well as questions such as who owns and controls that data.

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Data Training Training Industry 97

Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2024

Although cultural change generally requires human intervention, it appears that new technology — especially a new technology like generative AI that captures human imaginations — can play a role in catalyzing a data-oriented culture.

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Survey Data Company Education 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In spite of recent efforts to beef up cybersecurity, data breaches — in which hackers steal personal data — continue to increase year-on-year: there was a 20% increase in data breaches from 2022 to 2023.

Data 92

Data System Management 92

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For instance, AI-driven customer relationship management tools can automate data entry, lead scoring , content marketing, follow-up emails, and generating reports, freeing up employees to focus on more strategic activities like developing growth strategies, enhancing customer relationships, and driving innovation.

Small Business 78

Small Business Data Efficiency Tools 78

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2024

has taken a data-driven approach to questions around hybrid work. Their data comparing the performance and well-being of hybrid employees with their fully in-person and remote counterparts has yielded (often surprising) insights from which other organizations may benefit. But what is the right amount of time to be in person?

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Data Policies Productivity Development 101

Harvard Business

AUGUST 20, 2024

A conversation with professors Amy Edmondson and Michael Luca on data-driven decision-making.

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Data Company Strategy& Strategy 96

Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are three immediate challenges for companies that want to train fine-tuned AI models: 1) they require extensive, high-quality data — a scarce resource for many enterprises, 2) third-party AI models can include problematic biases, and 3) training fine-tuned models with users’ personal data may result in privacy violations.

Data 101

Data Company Enterprise Training 101

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2024

This regulation is designed to enhance consumer access to financial data, much like how the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) has transformed data privacy and protection in Europe. CFPB 1033 mandates that consumers have the right to access and share their financial data with third parties. What is CFPB 1033?

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Finance Data Industry Financial 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Today data is an increasingly important part of how restaurants create value, both on the demand side (how consumers choose a place to eat, make a reservation, give their order, and pay their bill) and the supply side (detailed preparation and food resource-management records that enable restaurants to optimize inventory and reduce waste).

Data 101

Data Operations Resources Research 101

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2024

One big challenge that leaders have when figuring out how or where their companies can grow is that a dearth of data about future problems and opportunities.

Data 101

Data Development Company Strategy& 101

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

But without such data, they won’t be able to set priorities and won’t know whether their efforts are effective. Very few employers systematically track their employees’ health and wellbeing. It is now possible to systematically assess your employees’ wellbeing and assess the effectiveness of your programs to address their needs.

Data 101

Data Resources Management 101

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In today’s data-driven world, the role of a data scientist has become increasingly crucial across various industries. From technology and finance to healthcare and marketing, data scientists are at the forefront of extracting meaningful insights from vast amounts of data. What Do Data Scientists Do?

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Data Healthcare Tools Trends 78

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Today we have more data than ever before, yet marketers still struggle to understand their customers. That’s because today’s marketers have mistaken information for intimacy. The author, who ran strategy for Wieden+Kennedy, describes an ethnographic research campaign his team conducted on behalf of McDonald’s.

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Data Research Marketing Culture 112

Consulting Success

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The latest data from our consulting industry study showed that 58% of consultants use an hourly rate or project rate (based on hours). As a consultant, should you be tracking your time? If so, how? Whether you are using an hourly rate or not, there are times that you should and should not be thinking.

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Productivity Consulting Study Data 298

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2024

Building a strong, flexible “digital core” that integrates cloud, data, and AI technologies to serve as an interconnected foundation for your company is the key to future growth.

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Data Company Accenture How To 101

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In every industry, many large corporations have teams that help bridge outdated, disconnected systems, and databases. Without them, there is no way companies can upgrade their technology without causing disruption to their operations.

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System Data Operations Industry 101

Consulting Success

JANUARY 1, 2024

Red Clover Advisors is a data privacy consulting firm that helps companies comply with the alphabet soup of privacy loss. Today, joining Michael Zipursky is its Founder and CEO, Jodi Daniels, to share her insights about the power of educational marketing for consultants.

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Education Marketing Consulting Data 225

Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2024

If your company hasn’t been measuring results, now’s the time to start.

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Data Company Recruiting Recruitment 95

Consulting Success

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This is the ultimate guide — with data — on how to start a consulting business in 2022. By the end of this guide, you’ll know how to turn your skills and expertise into a profitable and successful consulting business. Let’s dive right in. (If If you want to read our “How To Start A Consulting.

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Study Consulting How To Data 246

David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Based on data collected from lead generation firms and shared with us by hundreds of consulting firms, one sales benchmark, in particular, warrants your attention: the likelihood of cold, outbound lead generation (or, similarly, advertising) to result in a project for your consulting firm.

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Benchmarking Sales Consulting Advertising 243

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How some financial institutions are using this combination to identify potential investment opportunities, conduct due diligence, and add value post-investment.

Data 101

Data Financial Finance Management 101

David A Fields

AUGUST 11, 2020

If you love data and can gaze lovingly for hours at a well-crafted spreadsheet, then you may hanker for a vast array of meters to judge the progress of your consulting firm; something like an airplane cockpit. Conversely, if numbers aren’t really your bag then you might prefer the dashboard from the 1962 Morris Minor … Continued.

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Consulting Data 221

Consulting Success

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Joshua is the Director of Data Services at Pacific Air Industries. Where most small businesses think that systems only exist in big companies, Joshua Schultz believes otherwise. In fact, he encourages small businesses to have a system mindset. He is also a contracted.

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System Consulting Small Business Data 219

Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

Moreover, sentiment analysis techniques can provide businesses with valuable insights based on customer feedback, enabling them to make data-driven improvements. Machine learning algorithms can analyze vast amounts of data to predict demand patterns, optimize inventory levels, and improve logistics.

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Data Operations Efficiency System 147

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 17, 2020

Speaks the language of business – financials, data and analytics. Connects the dots between disparate data and make sense of situations that seem on the surface difficult to understand. Knows how the various functions of a business work and relate to each other. Political Savvy. Framing & Empathy. Proactive Advocacy.

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Methodologies System Financial Data 207

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Claudia Sahm claims to have invented a recession indicator created by Ed McKelvey. Now she says the indicator is wrong. Let’s investigate.

Data 91

Data 91

Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2024

Sponsor Content from NVIDIA.

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Efficiency Data Management 101

Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2023

If the search doesn’t return hourly rates, convert the salary data using the method above. Other tips: Benchmark your rate to increase your confidence. Do an internet search such as “typical hourly rate for change management consultant in [your location].” Reassess your pricing strategy as your experience and confidence increase.

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Consulting Intellectual Property Deloitte Benchmarking 393

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2024

Sponsor Content from NVIDIA.

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Video Data 100

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Hard evidence from QCEW report suggests more negative revisions coming for BLS nonfarm payroll report.

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Data Report 82