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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

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The history of strategy consulting starts with Frederick Taylor and the Scientific Management movement but took many twists and turns as it evolved into its current state, an industry looking inward and pondering where it fits in the new technology-powered business world. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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The Magic Of Critical Thinking: How To Make Better Decisions

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His ideas were brought to the forefront through his book Unsafe At Any Speed that highlighted the shortcuts car manufacturers made during the production of cars which included no seatbelts. This is the secret sauce of any high-performing organization but can be hard to recognize if you were not there at the beginning.