Wednesday, January 6th 2021
This week in
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This week’s must read
The Covid-19 will provoke major developments in B2B, and few businesses will sail through the pandemic unscathed. B2B solution providers have faced an especially dense and compacted cluster of challenges. What impact will that have on their strategy going forward?
This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Wolfgang Ulaga about the Post-Covid Future of B2B.
Thought Leadership
Covid-19 has upended business and work, many have lost their jobs, and businesses have gone bust. It’s now time for governments to take action to build more resilient, post-pandemic economies – and digital technology will play a starring role.
Understanding when and how to change is the essence of strategy. Identifying threats and opportunities become more relevant than the traditional strategy framework. How can companies recognize the change signals for their cotext and their industry?
In this article, the author explains how publicly traded corporations let down their most important shareholders and the most critical part of their workforce. He proposes a new structure, which he calls the long-term enterprise (LTE).
Eager to find the right trajectory out of the pandemic, CEOs look ahead to develop their COVID-Exit strategies. How do they get this right?
This week’s Consulting News
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This week’s media
Jackie Wiles, Associate Director of Content Marketing and Chris Howard, Gartner Chief of Research, discuss how to reset your post-COVID-19 business strategy.
Consulting sourcing tips
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Consulting Procurement or Procurement Consulting?
Type Consulting Procurement in your browser and look at the results. What do you find? A list of consulting companies that offer their services to help improve your company’s purchasing and/or sourcing capabilities. But is it the same thing as Consulting Procurement?
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Hélène Laffitte is the CEO of Consulting Quest, a Global Performance-Driven Consulting Platform and author of “Smart Consulting Sourcing”, a step by step guide to getting the best ROI from your consulting. With a blend of experience in Procurement and Consulting, Hélène is passionate about helping Companies create more value through Consulting.
