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The Robots Are Coming: What is Industry 4.0?

The three-part Inc. article series on the timing and impact of humanoid professional and personal service robots.

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White Paper

It's the People, Stupid - Discover Why Business Psychology Matters

In the end, companies and non-profits are just collections of people who work together to create and deliver products and solutions that other people buy and consume. So the most important thing in business isn’t strategy, design, price, or even quality. It’s psychology and sociology. Applying proven psychological principles and models like Maslow’s Hierarchy and Erickson’s Eight Stages to your business can help it not only survive but thrive.

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White Paper

The Circular Economy

Explore ways to transition to a circular economy to address waste and environmental challenges.

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Blog Post

Climate Change Regulation is Heating Up. Are you Ready?

Climate change is disrupting supply chains, creating political turmoil, impacting facilities and markets, and driving consumer behaviors. Whether you fight it or not, regulation designed to mitigate and/or slow down climate change is coming and it will impact your business.

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Strategic Drift - When Leaders Quiet Quit the Strategy

In the leadership team meeting everybody agreed that it’s a great strategy, so why isn’t it being implemented? We’ve all heard of employees quiet quitting their jobs, but the reason so many companies experience strategic drift is that leaders often quiet quit the strategy.

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Building a Supply Chain Strategy

Supply Chain strategy is no longer just about ‘just in time’ and cost efficiency. It’s not even just about onshore vs. offshore, supply chain security, and sustainability. It’s about brand impact, politics, and a radically changing customer and product environment where customers are increasingly spread out, supply chain aware, and demanding.

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Blog Post

Why Are People Leaving Cities?

Over two million people left large urban counties between July 2020 and July 2022 and moved to the burbs and rural communities1 Many of those people have bought houses, settled into their new lives, and, especially now that interest rates have increased, are extremely reticent to move back to the cities, or even take on a regular commute.

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3 Reasons Compensation Transparency Gives Your Business A Leg Up

Three Reasons Why Pay Transparency is Gaining Traction, and How to Set Your Business Up For Success.

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7 Good Business Questions to Ask Yourself

Businesses must go beyond survival in the post-COVID world. They should focus on channel partners, supply chain, employee engagement, safe operations, cash-flow management, revenue replacement, and competitive strategies.

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 A soccer team huddled together, deep in conversation and strategizing. With a strong focus on performance analysis, the team collectively reviews past games, evaluates tactics, and demonstrates unwavering dedication to continuous improvement.

Process Optimization for Digital Innovation

Enhancing innovation process for a multinational sportswear company through stakeholder collaboration and optimized workflows.

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Achieving Operational Excellence in Project and Portfolio Management with Smartsheet

Custom Smartsheet solution drives project management excellence and enterprise-wide collaboration for a fitness equipment company.

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Increasing Visibility of Indirect Spend For Global Savings Opportunities

Driving global procurement transformation, aligning category taxonomy and mapping UNSPSC codes for enhanced spend visibility.

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A cross-functional project team utilizing technology to unlock growth opportunities

Enhancing Security for Growth While Streamlining Resources

Optimizing IT resources to fuel growth for a diversified and growing holdings company.

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Performing IT Assessment for Security, Compliance, and Growth

Spearheading an IT assessment to enhance efficiency and foster growth for a holdings company with a diverse portfolio of 11 companies across multiple industries.

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Strategic Planning Through an Equity Lens

Community Impact Strategic Planning for a local non-profit

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