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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Driving take up among under-represented groups: Through local and regional apprenticeship accelerators and a dedicated hardship fund for those most in need e.g. for help with travel costs or apprenticeship support services and to target SMEs not yet engaged with the system with HR, coaching, and system navigation support.

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The Big Picture of Business – Collaborations, Partnering and Joint-Venturing… Priority for Business.

Strategy Driven

The client is opening new locations in new communities and asks its consultants to formulate a plan of action and oversee operating aspects. Multiple companies find that doing business in a new country is easier when a consortium operates. Telecommunications industry service providers. Professional societies and associations.

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Practicing Patience and Faith

Persuasive Powerhouse

On Sunday, I took 75 pictures; because of a light wind and the sun’s travels across the sky, perhaps five of those were true &# keepers&#. I work for a telecommunications company and occasionally I’m in the field dressing fiber optic cable in cabinet. It comes from the work my clients do. They are amazing.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

A recent Fortune article on John Reed, the former co-CEO of Citigroup, reported that a decade ago he tried to convince the newly formed Citigroup board (the result of the $70 billion merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group in 1998) to bring in a new CEO and that both he and Travelers CEO Sandy Weill should leave.

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The Potential and Pitfalls of Doing Business in Cuba

Harvard Business Review

In addition to lifting some travel restrictions, American financial institutions can establish accounts with their Cuban counterparts and telecommunication firms can export to and install equipment on the island. That said, the Obama administration has made a few changes.

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A Call to Boycott U.S. Tech Platforms Over the NSA's PRISM Surveillance

Harvard Business Review

The latest developments around PRISM and the NSA dragnet operations uncovered by Edward Snowden, in my view, severely damage the fragile fabric of the new global ecosystem, which we so sorely rely on in order to collectively tackle truly urgent global issues such as energy, pollution, food, climate change, (cyber-)terrorism and inequality.

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How India Is Moving Toward a Digital-First Economy

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. To collect the check she would have needed to travel to a government office. Then, of course, she would have needed to travel again to a bank to cash the check. The result?

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