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Are Return to Office Mandates the Real Reason Behind Quiet Quitting?

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Introduced in March 2002, it only started to gain traction as an issue of concern among business leaders when US government data on productivity , released in August 2022, showed a sharp, unexpected drop in Q1 and Q2 of 2022. So what explains the drop in productivity associated with quiet quitting?

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Black Crow AI raises $25M to predict which products e-commerce customers will buy

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Harris was previously a consultant at Boston Consulting Group before co-founding Site59, which offered last-minute air-and-hotel weekend packages to mostly domestic destinations.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. Do you think a multi-channel distribution strategy is important to guard against unforeseen changes? (51:30

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Are You Falling for the Myth of “Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail”?

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For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86 percent went over budget. Fortunately, recent research in these fields shows how you can use pragmatic strategies to address these dangerous judgment errors , whether in your professional life , your relationships, your shopping choices , or other areas in life.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. I remember this attitude really well from working in consulting where people took too much credit for “creating new strategies&# and deny any responsibilities for failed initiatives. They seem to have bounced back nicely.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. I remember this attitude really well from working in consulting where people took too much credit for “creating new strategies&# and deny any responsibilities for failed initiatives. They seem to have bounced back nicely.

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The Book that Reveals 10 Steps to Solving Any Complex Problem

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In their book Cracking Complexity , David Komlos and David Benjamin share the steps to working through any complex business problem—both quickly and using existing talent, not consultants. One of the most interesting things about your approach is that it doesn’t outsource the thinking work to external consultants or experts.