Is your school or workplace divided into "creatives" versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create... (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)
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TED: David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence - David Kelley (2012)
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Digital analogs are no longer sufficient
Seth's Blog16 May 2012 | 2:00 amThe parking meter was rebooting. I guess we're supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that's working. We're seeing digital awareness coming to just about everything. In this case, it was the parking meter near the library. Of course, it's not really a parking meter, it's a centralized fee collection system that saves the town a lot of money. It's easier to collect from, certainly, it doesn't waste the time of meter readers (who get alerted as to what spaces aren't paid for, as opposed to checking them all) plus it doesn't let a new parker enjoy a few minutes of the last… -
Towers Watson: CEO Pay Up 2.6%
Consulting magazine is the flagship publication of the consulting profession. The magazine features the latest information on consulting careers, thought leadership, and corporate strategies.14 May 2012 | 11:51 amCompensation for CEOs at the nation's largest corporations showed only a moderate increase in 2011, despite improved financial results, according to a new analysis conducted by Towers Watson. -
The Cleanweb: Green Energy Meets Moore's Law
Endless Innovation | Big Think15 May 2012 | 1:43 pmBy embracing new Web and mobile technologies, green energy companies are creating a new Cleanweb movement in which formerly expensive alternative energy sources - such as solar power - are suddenly accessible to the masses at a significantly lower price point. Think of the Cleanweb as what ...Read More -
Launch of The Consulting Resume & Cover Letter Bible
Management Consulted13 May 2012 | 4:10 pmIt’s been a long time coming. It was worth the wait. Introducing…. Our 98-page guide on applying to consulting jobs — power-packed with specific action steps for you to create a stand-out consulting resume and cover letter. We’ve already published The Consulting Bible, which is the best-selling resource on the market for consulting interviews. So why did we feel the need to up the ante? Honestly, 80% of the questions we get are about the pre-interview phase. You want to know what it takes to GET the interview – and with the savvy of an M/B/B insider, I…
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TEDTalks (video)
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TED: David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence - David Kelley (2012)
16 May 2012 | 8:30 amIs your school or workplace divided into "creatives" versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create... (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.) -
TED: Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel (2012)
15 May 2012 | 8:00 amWhat can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns. -
TED: Tali Sharot: The optimism bias - Tali Sharot (2012)
14 May 2012 | 8:10 amAre we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side -- and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial. -
TED: Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found - Renny Gleeson (2012)
11 May 2012 | 8:08 amOops! Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relationship. -
TED: Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do - Joshua Foer (2012)
10 May 2012 | 8:00 amThere are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.
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Seth's Blog
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Digital analogs are no longer sufficient
16 May 2012 | 2:00 amThe parking meter was rebooting. I guess we're supposed to walk to the other end of the garage and find one that's working. We're seeing digital awareness coming to just about everything. In this case, it was the parking meter near the library. Of course, it's not really a parking meter, it's a centralized fee collection system that saves the town a lot of money. It's easier to collect from, certainly, it doesn't waste the time of meter readers (who get alerted as to what spaces aren't paid for, as opposed to checking them all) plus it doesn't let a new parker enjoy a few minutes of the last… -
Hard work on the right things
15 May 2012 | 2:00 amI don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters. It's not obvious, and it changes. It changes by culture, by buyer, by product and even by the day of the week. But those that manage to capture the imagination, make sales and grow are doing it by perfecting the things that matter and ignoring the rest. Both parts are difficult, particularly when you are surrounded by people who insist on fretting about and working on the stuff that makes no… -
Worldliness
14 May 2012 | 2:41 amIntelligence is the combination of knowing a lot about a little while you also know a little about a lot. Deep domain understanding helps you create analyses. Your ability to understand how a particular system (no matter how small) works allows you apply a confident analysis to new systems you encounter. Once you know everything there is to know about nuclear physics, soccer or the praying mantis, it makes it easier to understand new systems. At the same time, it's impossible to be smart without also being aware of the wider world. That's because it's the random interactions and the… -
The reason the customer is always right...
14 May 2012 | 2:08 amIf you insist that they are wrong, they stop being your customer* (if given half a chance). People spend their time and attention and money in places that make them feel valued. *There's nothing wrong with asking customers who are wrong to leave. Just be sure you do it on purpose. -
Dedicating the merit
13 May 2012 | 2:02 amFor an author, one of the nicest parts of the traditional book is the dedication page. The dedication is far more than an acknowledgement to someone who helped you write the book, it's a permanent signpost, a capstone to the work of a year or more. Even if the person you've dedicated the book to can't read it, the writer benefits from the knowledge that a connection was made and that a memory was preserved. Here's the thing: you can dedicate just about anything. A project, a meeting, a tweet. You don't have to tell anyone but yourself. This blog post, like all the posts before it, has a…
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Consulting magazine is the flagship publication of the consulting profession. The magazine features the latest information on consulting careers, thought leadership, and corporate strategies.
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Towers Watson: CEO Pay Up 2.6%
14 May 2012 | 11:51 amCompensation for CEOs at the nation's largest corporations showed only a moderate increase in 2011, despite improved financial results, according to a new analysis conducted by Towers Watson. -
Capco Opens Chicago Office
14 May 2012 | 11:40 amCapco opened its first office in Chicago earlier this month. -
One on One with Strong-Bridge’s Ken Simpson
7 May 2012 | 8:26 amBased in Seattle, Strong-Bridge Consulting has a hand in some pretty hot-moving industries: from Telecommunication to Consumer Electronics to Healthcare and Financial Services. As key players in the industries shake off the last remnants of the Great Recession hangover, Strong-Bridge has found clients are once again kicking it into high gear, pushing products and services into the rebounding marketplace. Consulting One on One sat down to discuss it all with co-founder and CEO Ken Simpson. -
Top 25 Consultants Dinner 2012
2 May 2012 | 11:58 amPlan now to join Consulting magazine and your professional peers June 14 as we award consultants from such leading firms as Accenture, Alix Partners, A.T. Kearney, Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Crowe Horwath, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, IBM, KPMG, Kurt Salmon, Mercer, PwC, Slalom, and ZS Associates, among many others. -
Top 25 Consultants Dinner 2012 - Excellence in Public Sector
2 May 2012 | 11:46 amTop 25 Consultants Dinner 2012 - Excellence in Public Sector
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Endless Innovation | Big Think
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The Cleanweb: Green Energy Meets Moore's Law
15 May 2012 | 1:43 pmBy embracing new Web and mobile technologies, green energy companies are creating a new Cleanweb movement in which formerly expensive alternative energy sources - such as solar power - are suddenly accessible to the masses at a significantly lower price point. Think of the Cleanweb as what ...Read More -
The Internet's Battle For Our Digital Souls
10 May 2012 | 7:05 pmHarvard neuroscience researchers have just confirmed what many of us have suspected all along: social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are “brain candy” for Internet users. Every status update, every tweet, every pin is a micro-jolt delivered squarely to the pleasure ...Read More -
Is That a Drone In Your Backyard?
4 May 2012 | 7:53 amWe are rapidly turning into a nation of drone enthusiasts. According to a recent Freedom of Information Act request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), there are now 63 drone launch locations scattered around the United States. These range from those controlled by academic research labs ...Read More -
How to Build the 100-Year Company
2 May 2012 | 6:08 pmThe 100-year company is the rarest of all organizations in Corporate America – a company that has somehow managed to survive the ebbs and flows of multiple business cycles, the appearance of radically disruptive technologies and the changing tastes of entirely different generations. While very ...Read More -
The Robotic Future is Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
26 Apr 2012 | 8:09 pmThe robotic future is here, and it looks nothing like we thought it would. Instead of humanoid, highly-intelligent robots that do our bidding, the future is increasingly one of robotic swarms, robotic quadrotors, and tiny robots no larger than insects that perform surgery. The robotics ...Read More
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Management Consulted
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Launch of The Consulting Resume & Cover Letter Bible
13 May 2012 | 4:10 pmIt’s been a long time coming. It was worth the wait. Introducing…. Our 98-page guide on applying to consulting jobs — power-packed with specific action steps for you to create a stand-out consulting resume and cover letter. We’ve already published The Consulting Bible, which is the best-selling resource on the market for consulting interviews. So why did we feel the need to up the ante? Honestly, 80% of the questions we get are about the pre-interview phase. You want to know what it takes to GET the interview – and with the savvy of an M/B/B insider, I… -
We’re back…and ready for the future
13 May 2012 | 4:01 pmYou’ve been wondering where we’ve been. No, we haven’t been sipping margaritas in Cabo (although the occasional margarita does not escape our team)—we’re nerdier than spending a whole year acting like we’ve retired. Instead – we’ve been working behind the scenes to bring you awesome new stuff that our beta testers are RAVING about. Why? We’ve been plotting for months to take Management Consulted to the next level. You’ve made it clear to us that you’re ravenous for more 1:1 help, more FREE stuff, more relevant insight, more candid… -
How To: From Part-Time MBA To Full-Time Consultant
10 Jan 2011 | 6:09 amA popular question we get is something like the following: I’ve been working full-time for last 10 years at Big Company doing Big Company Function. I recently enrolled in a local part-time MBA program. How do I take advantage of this opportunity to break into a good consulting firm? Before we start, let me put a big disclaimer here. Big disclaimer: it is almost impossible to get into an MBB-caliber firm from a part-time MBA program. However, it is definitely possible to get into a respected boutique consulting firm or even a Big 4 (eg, Accenture, Deloitte) depending on your work… -
Why I Left McKinsey, Part 2
2 Jan 2011 | 2:18 amThis is part 2 of my 2 article series on why I left McKinsey. In article #1, I explained why I left and dove into what I perceived to be McKinsey and the consulting industry’s shortcomings. Below, I’ll dig into why I loved working there and the general benefits of a management consulting background. As I said before, I wouldn’t trade my McKinsey years for anything. Many fortunate people face the choice between an MBB (see consulting lingo if you’re like “huh?”) and prestigious companies in the financial services industry (from Goldman Sachs to mid-market… -
Why I Left McKinsey, Part 1
30 Dec 2010 | 1:55 amThis is my 2 article series on why I left McKinsey. One of the most frequent questions that I get is why I left McKinsey. Until now, I’ve been hesitant to address this in-depth – mostly because I didn’t feel it was relevant for what I was doing with Management Consulted, but also because I didn’t want to be perceived as a naysayer. However, I think my story has valuable lessons for people entering the field, and for those that are currently working at a top firm. In article #1, I’ll explain why I left and dive into what I perceive to be McKinsey (and generally…
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Public Speaking Library
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No pointing
15 May 2012 | 3:19 pmFellow speaker,When indicating something to the audience, gesture with an open hand instead of pointing at people with your finger. Pointing comes across as aggressive to some people, while an open gesture is easily accepted.Openly,Tim -
Ask first
14 May 2012 | 3:16 pmFellow speaker,When you are speaking to your audience ask them things don't tell them things. For example, ask "Have you ever worried about your financial future?"Asking,Tim -
Give 'em the map
13 May 2012 | 3:14 pmFellow speaker,When you are about ready to leave the introduction and get into your presentation, give the audience their road map. Gesture to each place onstage where you will be talking about the different points of your presentation while mentioning each part of the presentation. For example, gesture to three different spots onstage while you say, "It's all about time [gesture right], effort [no gesture], and money [gesture left]. Then when you do your speech, and talk about each of these things, stand where you indicated when discussing each point.Mapping,Tim -
The 2 Vs
12 May 2012 | 2:50 pmFellow speaker,World Champion Speaker Craig Valentine recommends using "visual and verbal" callbacks. So to do a callback to something that happened previously in your story, point to the part of the stage where you were talking about that part of your story and describe what happened there. For example, if you have been talking about you as a child and want to callback to that moment, point to the part of the stage where you talked about being a child and say, "When I was a child..."V-ed,Tim -
Doing it backwards
11 May 2012 | 2:48 pmFellow speaker,When gesturing onstage to indicate direction, remember that your audience is reversed from you: your left is their right, their right is your left. When you make a gesture that you want the audience to see as being to the "right", gesture to your left.In backwards land,Tim
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Drew's Marketing Minute
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Are you falling behind when it comes to mobile?
13 May 2012 | 12:04 pmI think it is fascinating in a “I don’t get it” sort of way. We all know that mobile is where digital is headed. We’ve all repeated the “by 2015, the #1 way we will access the internet is through our smart phones” and yet… it seems like most people are lollygagging along when it comes to getting onto the mobile train. Is your website mobile optimized? Are you learning more about mobile ads? Are you thinking about how you’re going to accept mobile payments? Or do you look like this infographic? Browse more infographics. You might… -
Going viral = out of your control
8 May 2012 | 5:38 amIt seems like one of the goals I hear more and more is… “and we want it to go viral.” I translate that to mean — we want a lot of people to see it. But rarely when someone says they want something to go viral, do they really understand the implications of that. The biggest one is — the minute it begins to go viral, it begins to take on a life of its own and it is beyond your control. Let me give you a very tangible example. My daughter and several of her college friends decided that they wanted to jump into the Sh*t People Say meme that was started in… -
9 Keys to Wicked Awesome Landing Pages
5 May 2012 | 10:21 amNote from Drew: Every once in awhile I like to open up the blog to a guest with a depth of expertise that I think you’ll benefit from. Here’s Jason Well’s take on landing pages. A few weeks ago I spoke at SES New York about mobile PPC and SEO. I touched briefly on mobile landing pages. After the presentation one of the attendees walked up to me and said, “thanks for covering mobile landing pages, but most people still need help on their standard landing pages.” He was right. Especially in the B2B world, ‘regular’ landing pages are still critical. While keeping in… -
What can you learn from a small town?
30 Apr 2012 | 4:20 amTurns out, quite a bit. The whole concept of having a marketplace is blurry today. It used to be — you sold stuff to your neighbors because they were the only ones close enough to buy from you. But today the world is one “global small town” where all your customers can talk directly to each other and every one of them can buy from you or from the guy on the other side of the planet. In their book Small Town Rules (click to buy it on Amazon*) authors Becky McCray and Barry Moltz take a look at what works in a small town and help us understand how those same rules apply to us,… -
What is the next step?
25 Apr 2012 | 4:31 amThat’s the question you should ask yourself as you create any marketing piece. ”What is the next step I want the prospect to take?” Whether it’s a Facebook fan page, an enewsletter, a TV spot or a blimp with your logo on it — you have earned their momentary attention. What are you going to do with it? Where do you want to take the conversation/connection from here? Do you want to give them the opportunity to contact you? Do you want them to share your content? Do you want them to ask you a question? Do you want them to laugh so hard that they have to tell…
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
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Groupon Defeats Trademark Challenge--Groupion v. Groupon
16 May 2012 | 9:48 amBy Eric Goldman Groupion, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., 2012 WL 1655728 (N.D. Cal. May 8, 2012). Groupion makes CRM software.... -
Granick on CISPA's Deficiencies (With Some of My Own Comments)
15 May 2012 | 3:07 pmBy guest-blogger Jennifer Granick (with comments from Eric) [Eric's introduction: Some guest visitors to the blog need no introduction, and... -
A Twitter Exception for Defamation?
15 May 2012 | 11:05 am[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] William Charron pubished a short piece for the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law that... -
The Dangerous Meme That Won't Go Away: Using Copyright Assignments to Suppress Unwanted Content--Scott v. WorldStarHipHop
14 May 2012 | 10:15 amBy Eric Goldman Scott v. WorldStarHipHop, Inc., 2012 WL 1592229 (S.D.N.Y. May 3, 2012) Copyright law wasn't designed as a... -
New York Judge *Slams* Bittorrent Copyright Plaintiffs – K-Beech; Malibu Media; and Patrick Collins v. Does
12 May 2012 | 10:48 am[Post by Venkat Balasubramani] K-Beech, Inc. v. Does 1-37, CV 11-3995 (E.D.N.Y.) Malibu Media, LLC v. Does 1-26, CV 11-1147...
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NYT > Consultants
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In Business Consulting, Disney’s Small World Is Growing
21 Apr 2012 | 9:00 pmDesperate for new ways to connect with consumers, an increasing array of industries and organizations are hiring the Disney Institute, the low-profile consulting division of the Walt Disney Company. -
Independent Workers Are Here to Stay
14 Apr 2012 | 9:00 pmGiven today’s economic uncertainties, many traditional corporate employees could benefit from learning the ropes of self-employment. -
Prison Consulting Draws New Crop of Ex-Cons
7 Apr 2012 | 9:00 pmPrison consulting is attracting a new crop of former convicts, but consultants are jostling for the competitive advantage. -
Hiring a Coach in Pursuit of an Advanced Degree
29 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmProfessionals 25 and older are seeking out independent education consultants to strengthen their applications for selective bachelors and masters degree programs. Photo -
De Blasio Hires Consultants for Likely Mayoral Run
20 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmBill De Blasio hired John Del Cecato, now working on President Obama’s re-election campaign, and Anna and Stanley Greenberg, advisers to several federal races.
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Fast Company
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The Mother Of All Branding Opportunities
16 May 2012 | 2:45 pmMother's Day recently got me thinking about the power of Mom. No, I'm not talking about her power to get us to finish all our vegetables or clean up our rooms--I'm talking about her power in 2012 to brand.Let's face it, the American mother is an incredibly iconic figure that is constantly changing and growing. That evolution is most evident from television over the years; from the sweet 1950's apron-and-pearls portrayals provided by Donna Reed and June Cleaver to today's TV housewives that are both Desperate and Real. Moms are long past being just about apple pie and folding laundry; they've… -
Mapping New York's Tech Jobs
16 May 2012 | 2:26 pmNew York City's government just announced a new listing service for tech jobs. But what about that pesky poor-business-broadband-in-NYC problem?New York City matters to tech. It's also a place where the high-tech sector is largely tied into existing industries such as fashion (Gilt Groupe), marketing (Foursquare), and media (Tumblr). Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been outspoken in the past about diversifying New York's high-tech scene, and the city government has just unveiled a new tech job directory--Made in NY--that lists jobs from hundreds of local firms.Bloomberg announced the initiative… -
How To Make The Most Of Your Too-Short Work Break
16 May 2012 | 1:34 pmIf you’re not the type who can sit on a park bench and contemplate nothing, and the conversation around the Keurig machine bores you, what can you do with 15 minutes that isn’t really work but pays off in productivity?After 90 minutes of meeting, working, thinking, and pushing emails, your glucose is in a bad place. That’s what project management consultant Tony Wong tells his clients. And everyone from NASA to the Berlin Academy of Music have run tests that prove you truly need the equivalent of a smoke break, a shift change, whatever you want to call it. But let’s say you’re… -
Little Wows, And Other Ways To Make Your Business Remarkable
16 May 2012 | 1:13 pmBy establishing your business as the truly remarkable option in a field full of snoozers and look-alikes, you will get more free and effective publicity than any traditional advertising budget can buy.Being remarkable is a never-ending process. To differentiate yourself from your competitors, you need to commit to the pursuit of constant innovation. As soon as you change the game by offering your customers remarkable products and services and talking to them in new and exciting ways, your competition will have to respond, upping the ante with innovations of their own. This means that if you… -
Why You Should Start A Company In... Savannah
16 May 2012 | 1:10 pmSteve Weathers, president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, shares five things you need to know about opening a business in the Hostess City of the South. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startups new options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. CLICK HERE for pockets of innovation in other U.S. cities. Can you name the top four…
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Consulting News
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Defense rests without calling Edwards, mistress
16 May 2012 | 11:10 amA judge says he expects to let prosecutors use at trial a recording of a phone call between a former Goldman Sachs board member accused of insider trading and a hedge fund founder. -
Eric Piermont, AFP / Getty ImagesDimon's Unshakable HubrisDespite...
16 May 2012 | 7:55 amJPMorgan shareholders reelected Dimon chairman and CEO and gave him a $23 million pay package despite the bank's $2 billion loss. -
Matt Taibbi Rips Into Goldman's 'Naked Short Selling'
16 May 2012 | 6:55 amIt doesn't happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us. Last week, he smiled on investigative reporters everywhere, when the lawyers for Goldman, Sachs slipped on one whopper of a legal banana peel, inadvertently delivering some of the bank's darker secrets into the hands of the public. -
Kim Schaf Named Midwest Regional Director (USA) by the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants
16 May 2012 | 2:41 amFounder and President of Sleep Training Solutions, Kim Schaf, is thrilled to be the new Midwest Regional Director of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants. -
Chesapeake Gets $4 Billion Loan
15 May 2012 | 10:35 pmA $4 billion loan from global investment firm Goldman Sachs should give Chesapeake Energy the ability to catch up on its debts, but the Oklahoma City-based driller's stock value continues to drop.
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The Accidental Communicator
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2 Tips For Making Any Audience Laugh
15 May 2012 | 2:00 amImage Credit With the right skills, speakers can make any audience laugh Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make your next audience laugh. Good luck! We all know that humor is a powerful tool in the hands of a speaker; however, we all also know that on top of all of the other presentation tips that you are trying to get right, it’s quite difficult to use humor correctly. How about if we talk about two tips that will maximize the importance of public speaking and make it easy for you to have your next audience rolling in the aisles during your next speech? It’s All… -
Hey Speaker, Do You Really Want Your Body To Be Saying That?
8 May 2012 | 2:00 amImage Credit Do you know what your body is telling your audience? I’m sure that you’ve heard this before, but your audience is sizing you up once they lay eyes on you. Sure, we hope that they have good listening skills, but this may not matter. You’ve got somewhere in the neighborhood of about 30 seconds or so to make a good first impression. It’s not just what you say, but even more importantly it’s what your body is saying to your audience that is going determine what they think about your speech. Sure seems like we should figure out what your body is telling… -
Speakers Know That To Be Understand, You Need To Use Analogies
1 May 2012 | 2:00 amImage Credit An analogy is like a model – just a different way of talking about something I don’t know about you, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found myself in a situation in which I needed to share some information with my audience that was too big, or too strange for them to be able to grasp it. What’s a speaker to do? I knew that if I just told them the fact or statistic that I had, there was no way that they would remember what I had said. I needed a better way – isn’t there some collection of presentation tips that would help in this… -
Does Your Audience Like The Way That You Move Speaker?
24 Apr 2012 | 2:00 amImage Credit You don't need to dance while you are speaking, but you do need to move This giving a speech thing is hard to do! Think of all of the various things that you need to do at the same time: remember the words that you want to say, keep eye contact with your audience, keep your hands at your sides, maximize your audience’s listening skills, etc. Oh yeah, there’s one more thing – you need to remember to dance… Why Moving Your Body While Speaking Is So Important When it comes to moving your body, today’s speakers get a lot of mixed messages from the so-called… -
What Shakespeare Can Teach Today’s Public Speakers
17 Apr 2012 | 2:00 amImage Credit If you can learn to speak like Shakespeare's characters, then you'll have won over your audience Let’s pretend for just a moment that you were a public speaker who lived back in Shakespeare’s time (1564 – 1616). Forget all of those presentation tips that you’ve learned because all of your PowerPoint slides are now gone along with your fancy audio mic systems, and your embedded YouTube videos. It’s just you up there. What’s going to allow you to connect with your audience using their just their listening skills? All that you have…
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Deloitte US
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Should big data drive big decisions?
9 May 2012 | 8:28 amThis year, many companies are taking on big data - ramping up tools and technologies to find signals and insight in unstructured, often external, and generally messy data. Big data analytics can open a window into an intricate world of customers, employees and operations that hasn’t been easily accessible before. While leaders can gain fresh insights that are immediate and real, should they use big data to drive far-reaching business decisions? Join the debate today. -
Unlock the potential in your data
9 May 2012 | 8:27 amBusiness analytics uses data to drive business strategy and performance. It includes a range of capabilities - from looking backward to evaluate what happened in the past, to forward-looking approaches like scenario planning and predictive modeling. Explore our latest resources to learn how analytics can deliver uncommon insights and breakout value. -
Talent Edge 2020: Redrafting talent strategies for the uneven recovery - Perspectives from the Oil & Gas sector
3 May 2012 | 9:37 amWhile other sectors are focusing more on developing leaders and succession planning, Oil and gas sector’s primary focus is recruiting hard-to-find skill sets in the face of looming talent shortage. Read this report to learn more about the key talent trends in oil and gas sector. -
HR in the financial services industry? Most are paying too much.
2 May 2012 | 8:57 amWe all know the financial services industry has been under the microscope in the past few years, but a new Deloitte Consulting benchmarking study focuses the attention on a different aspect of FSI operations: HR. What’s revealed may seem like piling on to change-weary FSI organizations. -
Turning strategic ambiguity into strategic clarity
2 May 2012 | 8:56 amExplore how CFOs can leverage data and the planning and performance management cycles to address multiple aspects of strategic risk, and in the process create opportunities for themselves to serve as business strategists and catalysts.
