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Your Favorite HBR Articles of 2023

Harvard Business

And how specifically did it change the way you operate? They called out articles ranging from a 2001 classic article about managing your energy as a worker to a recent magazine piece on storytelling for leaders. We heard from readers in a variety of different industries, writing in from various corners of the world.

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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

A modern consultant is a professional that can work in dynamic industries, operate within multiple types of consulting organizations (e.g., niche, large traditional), and has experience as both an operating manager and an advisor.

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Are We Sending the Right Message?

Markovitz Consulting

The latest issue of the Spring 2018 AME Target magazine excerpts some mind-boggling—and depressing—data from LNS Research about continuous improvement. As you can see in the chart below (copied from the magazine), fully 44% of responders said that ROI justifications are a key operational challenge in making improvements.

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NSA Breaks Into Secure Communication Links of Google and Yahoo; Italian Magazine Claims NSA Monitors Pope

MishTalk

The NSA’s principal tool to exploit the data links is a project called MUSCULAR , operated jointly with the agency’s British counterpart, GCHQ. Italian Magazine Claims NSA Monitors Pope. This story is not yet confirmed but Reuters reports Italian magazine says U.S. spies listened to pope, Vatican says unaware.

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Finite Attention Spans and Employee Agility Driving Corporate Training Trends

Clarity Consultants

L&D leaders have been instrumental in helping employers and employees pivot to pandemic protocols and navigate both remote and hybrid operations and corporate culture. When viewed in the context of an unstable or uncertain job market, continuous learning is essential to creating and maintaining an agile workforce and operations.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

With such an impressive list of early clients (including the United States of America), it is no wonder that by the end of the 1950s, Time Magazine dubbed Booz Allen Hamilton the “world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firms.” Operations and Logistics. Organization and Change. Product and Service Innovation.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Oliver Wyman became own firm again. Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.