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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

Harvard Business

billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger.

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business

Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms. They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers.

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Could Your Business Use an Advisory Board?

IMC USA

If retired, outsiders may lack the energy to productively serve your board. But if your business needs perspective, bringing in some outside professional assistance can help solve persistent problems and introduce new ideas into your company’s knowledge base. Use the Pluses.

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Using the Right Performance Metrics: Watch out for P&Ls

Kates Kesler

As an example, we recently worked with a healthcare company that contains product/service lines of business (LOB’s). Historically, P&L’s attached to each line of business (LOB) led to siloed offerings that focused management energy on individual profit targets.

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So, you’ve built a new capability, but no one uses it! What gives?

Kates Kesler

Think of a new internal capability in the same way you would plan to introduce a product or service to the external market. Cari should focus her energy on a few high value linkages where collaboration between her group and others will build credibility and momentum. The right connections have to be designed, however.

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What does the future of cryptocurrency and NFTs look like in the financial space?

1 to 1

The market has already seen challenges, particularly in the financial services space where customers are investing large amounts of wealth, time, and energy into cryptocurrencies. What are we doing wrong? Customers choosing to explore new avenues and sources of wealth crave fast, personal, and secure services.

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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

As author Caroline Turner states in her book Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability Through inclusion , “ I lacked the passion to keep it up.” And as agriculture developed enough to create surplus product, the marketplace was born. Non-emotional : Trust facts over intuition or feelings.