Tom Spencer consulting blog
Blog URL http://www.tomspencer.com.au
Located Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Tags management consulting, consulting, investing, business, strategy
An evolving perspective on management consulting, business strategy and investing.
Latest Blog Posts
- Consultants – highly paid scapegoats? on Nov 16, 2009 in Consulting research Headline consulting Management consulting Peter Spencer principal-agent problem scapegoats sheep joke
(Flickr: scapegoat) Management consultants are often loudly criticised. Why is this so? A large part of the reason is that consultants are paid a lot of money to provide recommendations which may or may not be implemented, and may or may not work.
- What skills do you need to be a consultant? on Nov 10, 2009 in Consulting skills Headline analytical skills business skills client skills consulting Management consulting management skills sales skills skills Victor Cheng
(Flickr: colours) Former McKinsey consultant Victor Cheng provides us with an interesting insight. The skills that get you hired as a consultant are not the same skills that get you promoted, and the skills that get you promoted are not the same ski...
- Dunbar’s Strategy Group – places are limited on Oct 27, 2009 in Business strategy Headline 150 Dunbar Facebook group Investing investment strategy Seth Godin
I just read Seth Godin’s post on Dunbar’s Number. Dunbar’s Number is thought to be around 150, and represents the number of people that we humans can place in a group before stable social relationships begin to break down. The thi...
- Dunbar’s Strategy Group – limited places on Oct 27, 2009 in Business strategy Headline 150 Dunbar Facebook group Investing investment strategy Seth Godin
[133 places left] I just read Seth Godin’s post on Dunbar’s Number. Dunbar’s Number is thought to be around 150, and represents the number of people that we humans can place in a group before stable social relationships begin to bre...
- Dunbar’s Strategy Group – places are limited on Oct 27, 2009 in Business strategy Headline 150 Dunbar Facebook group Investing investment strategy Seth Godin
I just read Seth Godin’s post on Dunbar’s Number. Dunbar’s Number is thought to be around 150, and represents the number of people that we humans can place in a group before stable social relationships begin ...
- Dunbar’s Strategy Group – limited places on Oct 27, 2009 in Business strategy Headline 150 Dunbar Facebook group Investing investment strategy Seth Godin
[137 places left] I just read Seth Godin’s post on Dunbar’s Number. Dunbar’s Number is thought to be around 150, and represents the number of people that we humans can place in a group before stable social relationships begin to bre...
- Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation on Oct 25, 2009 in Business strategy Video autonomy Candle Problem Daniel Pink mastery motivation purpose
(Flickr: Mythili Prakash) Mismatch between what science knows and what business does Daniel Pink puts forward the idea that there is currently a mismatch between what science knows and what business does. Pink presents the Candle Problem, an experim...
