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Freelancing Platforms: Where Agile Meets Remote
Over the last decade we have seen the birth of an entirely new industry of freelancing platforms – such as Upwork, Freelancer or Gigster -- that match the talent available in both domestic and global markets with the pressing demand for digital skills. Compared to...
Teach your salesforce how to help their customers through the crisis
The current pandemic has caused value chains to shatter. Particularly small and medium size customers are fighting for survival and their business continuity. Yet, many Sales and Field Tech Support people are still entrenched in the traditional way of dealing with...
Insight-driven transformation of a clothing retailer
There is no shortage of articles to illustrate how valuable employees are in sensing customer insights, and even more ink has been spilled describing the dangers of relying only on outside market research agencies. But how can companies actually transform into an...
How AI will impact your leadership style?
What an intellectual power duo! ECSI recently sat down in Munich to discuss AI and leadership with two of Germany’s leading advisors for international top managers: Dorothea Assig and Dorothee Echter. In addition to being influential CEO coaches for many DAX firms in...
Agile in the Age of A.I.
Our founder and CEO Alessandro Di Fiore recently published a widely acclaimed article in Harvard Business Review, called “Why AI Will Shift Decision Making from the C-Suite to the Front Line” In his article, Alessandro discusses how decision making and agile working...
Why your last innovation project failed?
We are incredible proud of our ECSI Consulting friend and faculty member Gary Pisano who recently published his latest book to worldwide acclaim. Gary Pisano is one of the world's leading researchers in the fields of innovation, strategy, manufacturing, and...
China’s three types of emerging innovators: how to deal with them?
We at ECSI Consulting are proud that our Faculty Partner and friend Prof. Mark Greeven recently published a widely regarded article in the Sloan MIT magazine called “Understanding China’s Next Wave of Innovation.” In this article, Mark and his co-authors describe the...
Do you have a post M&A strategy for the day after?
Unfortunately, often times the typical M&A strategy of a company is focused on getting the deal done. There are the tough negotiations, the emotional roller coaster, the communications wrangling and finally the big day is here where the leaders smile into the...
Equipping leaders with proven tools to strategically innovate
Do you know how to escape your red ocean? Last week, we hosted our inaugural Blue Ocean Explorer workshop in New York. It was a full success with leaders from around the USA attending to learn how to escape the “red” ocean of competition to create strategies...
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