A decade after the global financial crisis: What has (and hasn’t) changed?
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The Economist reports on the hype around 3D printing and its rapid integration with mainstream manufacturing. 3D printers make things by building them up, a layer at a time, from a particular material, rather than removing it by cutting, drilling or machining – which is why the process is also called additive manufacturing. Even so, additive manufacturing…
Manufacturing’s Big Rethink: A Shift in Approaches, Attitudes, Investments
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Is there a way for two alpha-males to get a long? Do alpha-males attract alpha-males or do they thrive in an environment where they are able to run the rule over others? We take a look at the relationship between two superpower countries, states with a dominant position in international relations, states that are characterized…
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Yesterday’s tentative approaches won’t deliver; you need absolute clarity about digital’s demands, galvanized leadership, unparalleled agility, and the resolve to bet boldly. If there’s one thing a digital strategy can’t be, it’s incremental. The mismatch between most incumbents’ business models and digital futures is too great—and the environment is changing too quickly—for anything but bold, inventive strategic plans to…
Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team
In-house strategy and consulting groups are growing in popularity, supplementing and increasingly winning business from, many high-profile companies including Cisco, Google, IBM, Samsung, Siemens and Disney. But building an internal consulting group is an unprecedented endeavor for many companies. Harvard Business Reviews reports back on what has been learned about how to establish a successful internal…
Never let a serious crisis go to waste
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on November 19,2008, Rahm Emanuel was quoted as saying; “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” He was referring to the crisis that was…
