Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

My career path has taken me through consulting, joining a startup and becoming an operator, and then returning to consulting at an MBB firm. They leverage the latest tools and methodologies, and produce significant thought leadership through publications, research, and public speaking, influencing the broader business landscape.

McKinsey 78

McKinsey Methodologies Transportation Bain 78

Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Cost savings: Measure reductions in operational costs due to increased efficiency or reduced errors. This methodology provides a structured approach to evaluating L&D initiatives at multiple levels, from immediate reactions to long-term business impact. Business impact: Assess the effect of the training on key business metrics.

Metrics 147

Metrics ROI Training Training 147

Epicflow

AUGUST 3, 2022

The concept of a project management office was defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge [2] : it’s a department that establishes standards for processes related to managing projects and approves corresponding methodologies, techniques, and tools. Establishing project management methodology, standards, and best practices.

Management 228

Management Methodologies Resources Efficiency 228

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 17, 2020

implementing a methodology.). Understands how the culture and power networks operate within the client system. Helps clients anticipate the Customer/Client, Employee, and Financial/Operational impact of business decisions. Business Acumen. Focuses applying expertise towards achievement of business outcomes (vs. Political Savvy.

Methodologies 207

Methodologies System Data Financial 207

Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

In addition, their focus on effective resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and change management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency, increased agility, and improved project outcomes. Also, a CPO makes sure that a company is capable of applying diverse PM methodologies and executing a variety of projects.

Resources 157

Resources Methodologies Efficiency Metrics 157

Steve Shu Consulting

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Management consulting projects can span diverse areas from operational to finance to marketing to strategy to IT management, etc. An MBA training provide consultants with some minimum common business language, culture, methodologies, and skills that they can use in the field.

Management 150

Management Consulting Methodologies McKinsey 150

Clarity Consultants

APRIL 26, 2023

They mainly concentrate on methodologies, strategies, and delivery mechanisms, working to create educational and training resources that boost knowledge retention and enhance learner engagement. The world of instructional design includes a few specific disciplines.

Education 162

Education Training Training Methodologies 162

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. A major train operator, for example, designed an advanced analytics solution in order to better understand the failure behavior of a major battery pack in one of its train models. They should have a plan for helping people use the new technologies and the related new methodologies more effectively.

Operations 70

Operations Data Engineering Software 70

Effective Managers

JUNE 17, 2024

The Rise of Digital Technologies The onset of digital technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and cloud computing has drastically changed how businesses operate. For management consultants, this means adapting to new tools and methodologies to stay relevant.

Consulting 130

Consulting Management Ethics Agile 130

Effective Managers

JUNE 17, 2024

The Rise of Digital Technologies The onset of digital technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and cloud computing has drastically changed how businesses operate. For management consultants, this means adapting to new tools and methodologies to stay relevant.

Consulting 130

Consulting Management Ethics Agile 130

Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Experienced operators in the field have better knowledge and more current information than remote dictators or their mercenary agents do. Standard operating procedures fail because the situations are by definition nonstandard. The variability and unpredictability of events are too high for rigid directives.

Turnaround 133

Turnaround Agile Operations System 133

Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 13, 2022

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Either their operations have grown quite a bit or they are in the midst of growing. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? But there are a few questions: Why is it necessary to hire an operations person? We answer with a resounding yes.

Operations 52

Operations Management Methodologies Report 52

Consulting Matters

JUNE 30, 2020

I love actually impacting the customer's operations and providing a new prospective or process that changes the way they do business forever. Knowing that the base of what I want to offer may change throughout the course of my education and development, I'd like to have a solid grounding of my business operations. We got you covered.

Study 156

Study Consulting Survey Methodologies 156

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

In the methodology upheld by Kennedy as well as Consultancy.org, Management Consulting is a collective term used for all services that fall under Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting and HR Consulting. Operations Consultants: Operations consultants are consultants who help clients improve the performance of their operations.

Consulting 135

Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 8, 2018

In marketing it shows up in explaining your value proposition with methodologies and tactics you can offer. Master the informal workings of how their organization operates. This challenge shows up in marketing and in the contracting processes. Your client wants to know if you can: Customize your solutions to THEM.

Consulting 231

Consulting Methodologies Industry Marketing 231

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Department of Homeland Security has recommended it as a preferred assessment methodology. Beginning with Criticality, they might ask, “How critical is the oil pipeline in Abuja, Nigeria, to the company’s overall operations?” 4 – Loss would reduce operations considerably. In fact, the U.S.

Tools 132

Tools Operations Examples Methodologies 132

Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Fast-iteration methodologies are a prerequisite, because talent tech has to be tailored to specific business needs and company context and culture. Knowing how to use lean, self-managing team methodologies is a prerequisite. Insight Center.

Talent 129

Talent Management Methodologies System 129

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. But it turns out these methods don’t just have to do with technology and operations. They do this with methods proven useful in accelerating software development, such as “ Agile ,” and which are increasingly being used for hardware product development, too. Insight Center.

Metrics 132

Metrics Survey Software Operations 132

Effective Managers

MAY 10, 2024

As a recognized practitioner, you commit to keeping up with industry best practices, emerging trends, and evolving methodologies. It’s invaluable for consultants seeking to widen their client base and operate across different countries and cultural contexts. The field of management consulting is constantly evolving.

Consulting 130

Consulting Management Benchmarking Training 130

Effective Managers

APRIL 11, 2024

Adhering to these guidelines means consultants are committed to operating with integrity and professionalism. The guidelines encourage consultants to regularly review and enhance their methodologies and services. Fostering Ethical Practices The ISO 20700 guidelines underscore the importance of ethical practices in consultancy.

Guidelines 130

Guidelines Consulting Ethics Benchmarking 130

Effective Managers

MARCH 19, 2024

When consultants are trained and operate according to these guidelines, they send a clear message to potential clients: “We are committed to the highest standards of professional conduct and service delivery.” The standard encourages consultants to regularly review and enhance their processes and methodologies.

Consulting 130

Consulting Management Guidelines Ethics 130

Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2018

Companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Of course, the ideas that corporations must earn their “license to operate” and serve stakeholders that go far beyond shareholders are not new.

Enterprise 134

Enterprise Education Methodologies Company 134

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W. Meanwhile, agile methodologies continued to evolve. Ironically, that’s where it began — outside of IT.

Agile 70

Agile Methodologies Software Development 70

Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Enhanced control –A tall structure gives senior management more control over the company’s operations. Reduced costs – Flat organizations can often operate more efficiently because they have fewer layers of management. This can also lead to a more stable and predictable work environment. That’s a win for everyone involved.

Organizational Development 162

Organizational Development Efficiency Development Productivity 162

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2018

The framework provides methodological guidance to help in decision making about what to do or not to do to raise the innovation performance of the overall company. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level. Intuit is a case in point.

Methodologies 124

Methodologies Training Training Development 124

Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

The STAP is Brimstone’s proven methodology to help organizations gain – and sustain – the coordination, collaboration, and clarity that deliver results. The STAP helped the leadership team increase trust, establish operating mechanisms, and to unify the group around a single strategic view of the division and its future.

Agile 96

Agile Strategy Strategy& Strategy 96

PM Alliance

JUNE 30, 2023

Developing the capabilities to achieve consistent success across every project—whether it’s small and routine or big and complex—is the key to operational and financial sustainability. 4: Provide training based on a single, shared methodology.

Methodologies 75

Methodologies Training Training Tools 75

Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

Data 106

Data Consulting Agile Industry 106

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Unique to Disney Institute learning experiences is the opportunity for participants to go behind the scenes in a “living laboratory” (a Disney park, resort, or operational area) to observe firsthand how Disney methodologies are operationalized and how they can be adapted and applied to other industries and business environments.

Training 109

Training Training Methodologies Construction 109

Consulting Matters

JULY 15, 2020

He works with operational leaders and helps them get to that next level. So he's creating connection from this standpoint, he's offering opportunities for credibility and he's bringing his personality in here. You know, are you going to be that person? OR Are you going to set yourself up as a sought after expert? A future thought leader?

Consulting 270

Consulting How To Resumes Strategy 270

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We then offered people the opportunity to learn new innovation methodologies and apply them to real business challenges. We put €50,000 behind 28 of them and by early 2018 we had three pilots: a new business model in animal healthcare, a digital solution for clinical operations, and a gamified education app.

Company 131

Company Agile Training Training 131

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 23, 2009

The investment bank still operates as FBR Capital Markets. He attributes FBRs previous success to a unique methodology. Labels: Analysis , Consulting. Related Posts. 2 comments: Chris. AAI is the old FBR REIT. Still, Tom Peters enthusiasm is interesting.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines McKinsey 100

Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

I’m not a strict operator. The majority of my successes in my career have been in getting those two groups to kind of talk together and to take the engineering vision, and kind of bound it with the operational limitation, and make sure everybody is on the same page. Sometimes it’s not operational capacity.

Interviews 156

Interviews Company Marketing Operations 156

Brimstone Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We have developed a methodology that helps organizations move from strategy through execution and realize success. Andy Frawley was first introduced to actionable strategy and the Brimstone methodology when he was CEO of Epsilon. Lack of ownership and accountability. Measures of success are not defined or communicated.

Strategy 70

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Methodologies 70

Kates Kesler

MAY 7, 2020

The company was structured around fully loaded product business units, each with its own Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Product Marketing. We recently worked with a high-growth medical device company that makes sophisticated hardware and software systems.

Accenture 91

Accenture Engineering Methodologies Productivity 91

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

In comparison to other methods (such as Six Sigma or activity-based costing), ZBB typically does not address operational excellence in core processes (marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) or fundamental cost drivers such as portfolio complexity, organizational complexity, customer complaints, and quality issues.

Company 112

Company Benchmarking Travel Policies 112

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

You need to make sure that you do match the right methodology with the right business needs. Choosing the Right Methodology & Sample Size (2:53). Once you get the objectives clear, then you look at the methodology. The first thing is that whenever you get started with a client, you really need to create that assessment plan.

How To 156

How To Groups Interviews Methodologies 156