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Matt McDonald: I’ve worked in both communications and the business world in different forms over the years. I started my career as a speech writer for the Governor of the State of Massachusetts. I kind of stumbled into this out of college because it sounded like a really cool opportunity. After…
It’s been a little while since we shared a post with you on the bloggers who inspire us. So we thought that we’d bring your attention to one of our favorite blogs for small businesses, entrepreneurs and consultants.
We just came across an interesting piece from Andrew Campbell, Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre and thought we would share with you its key thoughts. Campbell is the co-author of ‘Strategy for the Corporate Level: Where to Invest, What to Cut Back and How to Grow Organisations…
It can be time consuming and stressful pulling together a PPT presentation. Here are some great ways we’ve found to help us work faster and produce a better looking deck.
A little while ago we brought you our early recommendations for the best reads to watch out for in 2015. One of the titles which really caught our eye was ‘Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World‘. It’s a title which sets big expectations for itself so now that it’s been published…
It’s that time again where we bring you our latest Mashup! This time around we’re going to be looking at how to create and implement your business strategy. We’ll be suggesting a range of great sources from Quora and Ted Talks to Pinterest and Slideshare. You can either pick and choose which of…
Firms don’t exist in isolation. It’s jungle out there and it’s every firm for themselves. This makes the strategists job more complicated. It’s not enough simply for the analyst to look at their own core competencies and attempt to maximize them. No, the corporate strategists job is also to…
Celebrated bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell tells us that 10,000 hours is the average amount of time you need to dedicate to a skill to become an expert. Well, Ben Casnocha has spent 10,000 hours working alongside LindedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and has recently written a long essay about what…
Here is a fabulous Google Talks video with Sir Lawrence Freedman in which he discusses some of the most hard-hitting ideas from his book Strategy: A History.Google Talks describe this book as ‘sweeping and magisterial’ in their introduction to the talk, and we have to agree.
It’s not always easy to know where to start when looking for strong data sources. We recently, we came across a great interview with a UK-based Corporate Finance professional in which she revealed her preferred data sources. We thought this was a great idea, and so we’re giving you our assessment…
Big data. Two little words with such overwhelmingly large connotations. The phrase brings to mind billions if not trillions of data points. It suggests super-large corporations with whole teams and whole business modules devoted to reaping the benefits of the data driven approach. Not surprisingly…
It can be nerve-wracking that feeling , knowing you have to stand up in front of a room full of people. Sometimes we can be quite literally lost for words. Here’s a handy mashup we’ve made to help you prepare for this situation. It features content from Quora, Youtube, Pinterest and Slideshare, so…
