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By now, most procurement leaders have heard about the high-end gig economy—and how freelance knowledge workers can help them steer complex, strategic initiatives on a project basis. The companies that...
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Not long ago, the EVP of a multinational client called us in to say that his company had recently been through an expensive strategic planning exercise with a major consulting firm. The firm left them...
It’s no secret that today’s consumers are demanding. Spoiled by near infinite choice, expecting to be able to purchase anything at any time, from any device or location—and at the lo...
Independent consultant Sundeep Karnik is a medical doctor who built his career delivering results in the business of healthcare. In our latest expert Q&A, he talks about the trends that are shaki...
It affects productivity, employee retention, and whether or not top talent want to work for a business. It’s what drives organizational success: how colleagues act, interact, and behave. Managin...
If you’re like most life science executives, you can’t go more than a few days without reading about new technologies that are poised to disrupt your business. You may have read about comp...
Corporate boards tend to focus their meetings on “the hard stuff:” compliance, budgets, risk management, financing, CEO succession planning. Not surprisingly, putting company culture onto the board’s ...
According to the Gartner 2018 CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, respondents who believe their company is an “innovation pioneer” reached a high last year of 41 percent, up from 27 percent in 2...
On June 21, Business Talent Group co-hosted a behind-the-scenes look at the Drucker Institute’s annual Management Top 250 list with Executive Director, Zach First. The list—based on Peter Drucker mana...
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Without good governance, implementing a major business transformation can feel like the wild west: teams aren’t sure what to do and strike out on their own. Approvals take ages, prompting fewer ...
It can be hard for big companies to break free of established habits—but it doesn’t have to be. History may be filled with examples of organizations that failed to appreciate the need for change...
Over the past decade, changing demographics and new economic realities have given rise to a dynamic, flexible workforce that prefers to work on a freelance basis instead of seeking full-time employmen...
How are business leaders closing the skills gap in hard-to-hire areas like innovation and pharmaceutical market access? Business Talent Group’s inaugural Skills Index report—which analyzes...
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You know the names: McKinsey, Bain, BCG. For decades, these three firms have dominated the management consulting space. And for good reason: their ranks include some of the most experienced and succes...
On June 21, Business Talent Group co-hosted a behind-the-scenes look at the Drucker Institute’s annual Management Top 250 list with Executive Director, Zach First. The list—based on Peter Drucker mana...
Growth can come from many directions. Should you move your current products into an adjacent market or build the next big thing? Should you focus on growing margins or on optimizing your product portf...
On June 7, for the first time in 13 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released numbers on the size of the gig economy, showing… little more than how difficult it is to properly size th...
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There’s been a growing interest among big companies in the so-called agile organization and agile workforce. The Harvard Business Review outlines how agile methodologies—in which cross-functional team...
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In January, NPR took a look at the rise of freelance work. Inspired by a Marist Poll about the American labor force, the series tackled everything from topline trends to the experiences of individual ...
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