The Consultants Peer Group

JUNE 14, 2023

Where’s the lead sentence of my March 28, 2023 Blog, Consulting Ethics Concern Once Again , “Lack of consulting ethics once again. I went on to describe some recent consulting ethics lapses and proposed fixes. Peter Westlund CMC® showed a path to avoid these ethical traps through professionalism.

Ethics 40

Ethics Consulting Finance Management 40

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 30, 2024

These include managing data security, integrating legacy technology, navigating ethical issues, addressing skills gaps, and balancing benefits with regulatory risks. Secondly, they may store data in siloed or proprietary formats, making it difficult to access and retrieve data for AI model training and analysis.

Banking 88

Banking Ethics System Data 88

Harvard Business

MAY 26, 2016

It secured support from suppliers, offered extensive training to factory management, and inspected production lines for adoption of the new management practices. In the mid-2000s, Nike embarked on a program to introduce lean manufacturing to its apparel suppliers in the developing world.

Apparel 121

Apparel Development Operations Accenture 121

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The quickest way to flip this public perception on its head is to render AI genderless, something I advocate for tirelessly and practice with Sage’s personal finance assistant, Pegg. Over time, they should commit to supporting training programs that can broaden the talent pool beyond those who’ve graduated from elite universities.

Engineering 132

Engineering Talent Productivity Ethics 132

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

EY’s in-house support teams, cross cultural diversity, work ethic, global mindset, rewards and benefits, and community systems have created a place where people from all backgrounds are easily welcomed in their culture. EY Boston offers a plethora of services that clients can choose from.

Oliver Wyman 72

Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization. .” What is it good at?

Data 132

Data Software Tools Travel 132

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 21, 2023

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) measures the sustainability and ethical impact of a company’s operations. This means ensuring that ESG is integrated into decision-making processes, that employees are trained on ESG issues, and that the company culture reflects ESG values.

Government 14

Government Ethics Leadership Financial 14

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Bias could be introduced into an AI system through the training data or the algorithms. The curated data that is used to train the system could have inherent biases, e.g., towards a specific demographic, either because the data itself is skewed, or because the human curators displayed bias in their choices.

Ethics 70

Ethics System Data Development 70

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

One of the key SOX impacts on consulting was the mandated “ethical wall” that was enacted – a firm could not both audit and consult for the same company, because it was considered a major conflict of interest. Lots of excellent training is available and other co-consultants are very helpful. Practice Areas.

BearingPoint 139

BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

Over the last decade, industries, academics, and the public sector have turned their focus toward culture and ethics in response to the financial crisis as well as misconduct at a broad range of corporations. But what role does culture play in corporate misconduct, and why do these problematic cultures persist?

Culture 134

Culture Company Financial Banking 134

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. Precision made it easy for managers to oversee their employees. Every spot on every line was visible to managers.

Metrics 134

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 134

Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2016

But more than just teamwork, Kellogg also knows how to train you up in problem-solving skills. Tuck is also very strong in its technical skills training, especially regarding Excel modeling and executive presentations. The average starting base salary for a Tuck grad entering consulting in 2015 was over $137,000.

Consulting 100

Consulting Management Deloitte Bain 100

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? With the right support and training, these internal project managers will be your future behavioral analysts.

Company 71

Company Ethics Resources Data 71

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

2024 Healthcare Project Delivery Conference January, 30-31, San Diego, USA This year’s conference will focus on implementing developments in procurement, design, financing, and O&M in healthcare projects. The participants will learn how healthcare providers overcome resource constraints and deliver new developments.

Industry 130

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 130

Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

I don’t know too much about financial services, so could you tell me more about what it is like working on the case that you mentioned you did before, and the type of training that you got as a BCG employee before going on the case? Because the question that you asked said I don’t know much about finance. Exactly.

Interviews 100

Interviews Case Interview Bain Finance 100

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

” Lastly, by looking at historical data on publicly traded companies, a team of finance professors set out to build an algorithm to choose the best board members for a given company. So what’s going on here? This work will likely become even more important as less-transparent algorithms like deep learning become more common.

Research 70

Research Policies Study Data 70

Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Leaders who express this complaint are often dominant personalities characterized by robust confidence, high intelligence, strategic brilliance, and a flawless work ethic. The leader needs to clearly show, for instance, how sales and operations fit together, how sales and finance interact, how sales and IT are dependent upon one another, etc.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Development Sales Culture 52

Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Leaders who express this complaint are often dominant personalities characterized by robust confidence, high intelligence, strategic brilliance, and a flawless work ethic. The leader needs to clearly show, for instance, how sales and operations fit together, how sales and finance interact, how sales and IT are dependent upon one another, etc.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Development Sales Culture 52

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

While that has been a great experience, I ultimately found my greatest training and instruction in how to prepare for case interviews from your website and materials. I had gotten similar advice from others, specifically as it related to entering a career in the prestige-obsessed industry of finance and investment banking.

Case Interview 40

Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Bain 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Do you need more training or more support?’” The Genesis team included 12 HR professionals located in the US, Mexico, China, and Germany as well as other employees from IT, finance, the office of the general counsel, and purchasing. “I knew her work ethic,” he says. ’” Probe a little.

Talent 70

Talent Case Studies Case Study Management 70

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

They set out a broad vision, provide lofty goals, and model an ambitious work ethic (for recent college grads, it’s not a big leap from “all nighters” to “all weekenders”). Don’t get me wrong — Daniel’s intentions are good. And at this stage in a company’s growth, it generally works.

Leadership 132

Leadership Groups Meeting Accenture 132

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Robust training programs and fun company social life take the edge off hard work and long hours, but it’s “up or out” for consultants (“up or out” refers to the mentality that a consultant needs to reach a certain level in the company by a certain time or they could be let go). The emphasis is on teamwork rather than internal competition.

Oliver Wyman 81

Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

These ethical failures are often not the result of one "bad actor" alone but systemic issues. Leaders displaying idealized influence possess a high degree of moral behavior, virtues, character, and work ethic (Sosik & Jung, 2018).

Culture 52

Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Artificial Intelligence has become a transformative force in the finance industry , revolutionizing how financial institutions operate, make decisions, and interact with customers. This article explores six (6) ways AI is being integrated into finance and the significant impact it is having on the industry.

Finance 78

Finance Financial Data Banking 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2018

First, data science and AI are affecting many industries globally, from healthcare and government to agriculture and finance. Although it has not yet been formally incorporated into data science workflows, I have added data ethics as the fifth key concept because ethics needs to be part of any conversation about data.

Data 130

Data Ethics Analysis Examples 130

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A key aspect of DeepSeeks strategy is the use of distillation , a technique that trains smaller models to replicate the performance of larger, more complex AI systems. Others, however, argue that DeepSeeks reliance on OpenAIs research and methods crosses ethical and legal boundaries. Calls for Increased Regulation The U.S.

Intellectual Property 88

Intellectual Property Ethics Training Training 88