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Stop Comparing Management to Sports

Harvard Business

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. Although there is nothing wrong with commitment and perseverance, I, however, think sport (much less war) is often an unhelpful analogy.

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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC

Management Consulted

where I worked for IMG (international marketing group) at the Winter Olympics. I managed a group of 17 brand ambassadors executing an “in-field” activation/marketing campaign for an IMG client, Wrigley Canada (chewing gum). I then took another internship in finance with Merrill Lynch.

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What Should an Apple Car Be?

Harvard Business

With that in mind, I can see three potential scenarios for how Apple might play in the autonomous car market. Some of them may never enter the car market, or may at least significantly delay a move toward ownership. Apple has a great intuitive feel for how consumers see a market, versus how manufacturers see it.

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Want To Be On The Leading Edge? Forget About It.

Markovitz Consulting

Peter Golder and Gerard Tellis’s seminal study of 500 brands in 50 product categories reveals that almost half of market pioneers fail. In fact, the greatest long-term success belongs to companies that enter a market and become leaders about 13 years after these first movers. MITS introduced the first personal computer in 1975.

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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

Harvard Business

Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025. Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Measuring brand exposure. Retail shelf analysis.

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PEST Analysis

Tom Spencer

If you are thinking about producing a strategic plan, developing a new product, entering a new market, engaging in a new venture, or financing a project then it probably makes sense to understand the big picture issues that could affect your success. Availability of credit (consider also the liquidity and depth of the credit markets).

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Aging Societies Should Make More of Mentorship

Harvard Business

This last film sports the subtitle, “Experience Never Gets Old,” surely happy news to any Boomer thinking about their next chapter in the world of work.)

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