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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. A strong value proposition and a first-class recruiting engine.

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25 Years After Challenger, Has NASA's Judgment Improved?

Harvard Business Review

But the day before the launch, NASA personnel became concerned about the weather, and the Solid Rocket Motor manager at Marshall Spaceflight Center asked Morton Thiokol, the manufacturer of those motors, to review their safety in cold weather. Many credit Bill Gerstenmaier, Head of Space Operations, for his genuine openness to debate.