Whether dealing with disruption or predicting which way the wind will blow next in a mercurial market, speed and flexibility are often the deciding factors for success. This was proven time and again during the pandemic, when companies with cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions…
How Freelance Analytics Experts Can Help You Do More with Your Data
There’s a general sense of a lack of control that accompanies inflationary pressures and looming threats of recession. As costs rise and consumers become increasingly price-sensitive, budgets shrink and financial strategies narrow, thus fostering the ideal conditions for reactive decision-making—all at a time when measured…
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A Liquid Workforce Approach to Balancing Growth and Risk
Coming into 2022, the U.S. economy was in the midst of a tightrope act that seemed eminently precarious yet, astonishingly, manageable. Despite inflationary pressure from unraveling supply chains, wages were trending upward. Production was also growing steadily, and the labor market appeared to be starting…
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5 Ways to Drive Digital Health Strategy and Innovation with On-Demand Talent
Digital health has grown and evolved rapidly in the past decade—spurred by exciting developments in AI, machine learning, and the internet of things (IoT), alongside nearly ubiquitous adoption of smartphones and other digital tools. Like so many tech advancements, this was greatly accelerated by the COVID…
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How to Get Ahead in the Hiring Waiting Game
For most companies, the era of pandemic-induced uncertainty and hesitation has been replaced by a frenzy of hiring to keep pace with growth and transformation goals. With millions of workers participating in the Great Resignation, business leaders face a growing list of open roles. But…
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Independent Talent for Today’s Commercial Life Science Challenges
As companies sprint to innovate and respond to public health challenges, engage and serve patients remotely, and adapt and accelerate clinical trials, independent talent are providing an agile source of skills, allowing life science leaders to keep pace in a fast-changing environment. This is especially…
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5 Types of Post-MBA Professionals Who Pivot to Consulting
A few years ago, I was chatting with a classmate from my Chicago Booth MBA program, and she told me about the work she was doing as an “independent consultant.” I had no idea what an independent consultant was, but I did know that this…
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How Independent Talent Can Help with the Latest Data Management Trends
Today, data is and should be top of mind for business leaders in every industry. With the amount of data coming and going every day, it’s no surprise that the need for data management specialists has also skyrocketed. BTG’s recently released 2021 Skills Index bears…
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[Webinar] Closing the Digital Skills Gap
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described experiencing two years of digital transformation in just two months due to the pandemic business environment. Cool A recent webinar from Business Talent Group (BTG) and Heidrick & Struggles explored how companies can close the digital skills gap. Four digital…
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The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Pharma Marketing
What to incorporate into your marketing plans now It is now clear that COVID-19 and its recessionary impact are not going away in the near-term. Now in Q4 of 2020, the U.S. is bracing for the impact of a second wave of the virus. On…
