Kennedy Corner
»The New War For Talent
When a meteorite blazed through the morning skies of central Russia in mid-February and exploded, the news media described it as a rare event. And it was. Fast forward one month and just about every government in the world is looking at the potential for a "rare event" to visit their borders, and wringing their hands over how to prepare for it.
»Here Comes Patient-Centric Health
U.S consumers are accustomed to choices. We often take for granted our ability to select products, price points and preferred channels. Why, then, do we as patients expect anything less from our healthcare providers?
»The Market Always Finds a Way
In the 1993 Steven Spielberg film Jurassic Park, the protagonists discovered at one point (to their horror) that the island’s dinosaurs, which had all been created the same gender, had somehow managed to reproduce. “Life always finds a way,” muttered Sam Neill’s character Dr. Alan Grant.
»2012 in Review, and a Look Ahead
Looking back, several market forces propelled global consulting demand, causing firms and clients to undertake larger and more ambitious engagements than in recent years. The rapidly changing nature of client needs and the continued evolution of provider capabilities converged around some key themes.
»Change and Collaboration—The Rx For a Healthy Life Sciences Industry
For many of us in the U.S., it’s time to update healthcare benefit selections and learn of new or revised healthcare insurance plan offerings, options, and features. In many ways, the change and complexity we face as end users reflects the upstream challenges facing the healthcare industry at large.
»Kennedy Corner: Change Management; Easier Said Than Done
Business leaders have an arsenal of management tools at their disposal ready to deploy for almost any business need, from boosting revenues to increasing efficiencies and managing risk.
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Travel Advisory
»Hilton’s Building Boom
Coming off a whirlwind 2012, Hilton Worldwide is the fastest growing global hospitality company by number of rooms.
»Extended Stay America Serves Up Free Breakfasts With ‘Grab and Go’
Extended Stay America launched a new Grab and Go Breakfast program, which is available seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at all of its more than 600 locations.
»Homewood Suites Survey: Comfort is King
A new survey of frequent business travelers found that they want more room to spread out, the ability to maintain a normal routine and opportunities to interact with business associates and fellow travelers.
»Furnished Quarters Wins CARTUS Award
Furnished Quarters was awarded the CARTUS Global Network’s Commitment to Excellence Award for the third consecutive year.
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Book It!
»Excerpt: Finding Your Firm’s Growth Engine
The following is an excerpt from Leading Firms: How Great Professional Service Firms Succeed & How Your Firm Can Too by David C. Kuhlman. In the book, Kuhlman distills 25 years of
experience advising senior management at some of the world’s most prominent consulting firms. This excerpt from Chapter Six: “The Growth Engine” explores two of the key factors driving growth in the most successful firms.
»Excerpt: The Online Marketing Revolution
The following is an excerpt from Online Marketing for Professional Services, a thought-provoking and practical approach to online marketing by authors Aaron E. Taylor, Sylvia Montgomery, Sean T. McVey and Lee W. Frederiksen.
»Review: Tipping Sacred Cows
We all have those sacred cows at work, but these nuggets of advice, in practice, can lead to career-limiting unintended consequences.
»Review: Playing to Win
If strategy is about creating a competitive advantage that allows a firm to win, then pinpointing your strategy to just a few choices will dramatically increase your chances of success.
»Review: Seeing the Big Picture
According to Kevin Cope, founder of Acumen Learning and author of Seeing the Big Picture, all companies are driven to success or failure by the same five simple drivers—cash, profit, assets, growth and people
»Review: Get Lucky
As the pace of change accelerates and the volume of information explodes, everyone is under great pressure to connect with the people and ideas we need to thrive.
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»Editor's Note: Sliced Bread... Strategically Speaking
Strategy Consulting has been around longer than sliced bread. The machine that slices bread was invented in Iowa in 1927 and began operation a year later. (By the way, bet you didn’t know that same machine was banned briefly in 1943 as a wartime conservation measure. Neither did I.)
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»Scratching That Niche
Let’s face it: Most of the news in this profession is driven by a few dozen enterprise firms. There isn’t really a way around that. The Bains, IBMs and Deloittes of the world will engage much of the editorial focus of this publication.
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»Editor's Note: Talkin’ Tech
Once a year, usually on a Saturday in the Spring, my town holds Spring Cleaning: Electronics Style.
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»Editor's Note: We Won’t Get Fooled Again
A new year brings new opportunity and with it, often new optimism. Each year, we do the best we can do at prognosticating what the year ahead holds for the consulting profession. We do this three ways: anecdotally, scientifically and qualitatively.
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»Editor's Note: A Diversity of Thought
When I joined Consulting in early 2007, one thing became apparent almost immediately—there weren’t a lot of women in leadership positions.
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»Editor's Note: The Producers
Making stuff has always been a point of pride for the United States. Over the last few decades, you may have noticed, we just don’t make stuff like we used to.
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»The Energy Enigma
Now that we’re no longer at the economic DEFCON 1 that we’ve been at for the last four years or so, it appears that the energy sector is, once again, getting its due.
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»Editor's Note: Booz & Company’s Brave New World
If you could choose the absolute worst-possible time to launch a consultancy focused squarely on the commercial market, you’d be hard-pressed to find a worse month than July 2008. But that’s when, in a stroke of impeccably bad timing, Booz Allen Hamilton split off its commercial business into Booz & Company after 94 years together.
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»Editor's Note: A Little Bain News of Our Own
You’ve no doubt heard the word “Bain” mentioned publicly more times in the last few months than you ever have before; and nine times out of ten the implications haven’t been positive.
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»Editor's Note: The Healthy Choice
A few weeks back, the U.S. House of Representatives voted—for the 33rd time—to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The motion passed the House, but it will, of course, stop there. But the opposition to the ACA won’t.
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