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Skills, Tips, and Tactics

Why are some consulting projects so unsuccessful?

Most consultants reckon that about 70 percent of projects fail to meet their objectives. Reasons for this are wide-ranging.  Many issues are project specific.  They may relate to specific management issues or special situations that limit consultants’ effectiveness.  Some of the problems with consulting projects happen ALL the time. 1. Non-implementation The first problem is […]

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Career Advice

How to Make Yourself Competitive for a Future Consulting Career When an Opportunity isn’t in Sight Today

Dear University Student Seeking to Enter Consulting, Let’s be honest. Due to the global economic and health impacts of COVID-19, getting any job offer just got a lot harder. The consulting industry at large has scaled back hiring, and so securing a consulting opportunity will be difficult. For many of you, the realistic challenge is […]

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Economics

Bitcoin vs Gold

With the US Federal Reserve printing up several trillion dollars of new money in 2020, market commentators have been banging the war drum. Inflation is coming! Some suggest gold as an inflation hedge, and others suggest bitcoin.  But before we look at these two potential solutions to the inflation problem, let’s first consider whether inflation […]