While you're considering such weighty issues as whether you work for a bad company, whether men really work harder than women, or whether you agree with the 66% of managers who told Accenture they want to take a hike from their ...READ»
Turns out that nearly half of middle managers (do they still exist?) are looking for another job or plan to do so when the economy recovers. That's according to a new survey by Accenture, the tech and management consulting firm.
The ...READ»
Boy, are we a finicky bunch. According to a new study by Accenture, the industry Americans are most satisfied with is -- get this -- postal services. And that top spot in the results only means that a meager 44% of Americans are ...READ»
Just got a press release from the consulting firm Accenture, announcing the results of a global survey of 954 executives: Apparently 83 percent of US companies plan to start hiring again in the next 3 months. 22 percent are already ...READ»
In the fifth post of their 7-part series, John Elkington and Charmian Love look at how COOs are coping with the new wild cards dealt by environmental, social and governance challenges.READ»
The Design Conspiracy, a London-based ad agency, has developed a point-and-click branding tool. Just enter your name, your company's core value, and your primary goal, and voila! What Brand Are You will help you choose a ...READ»
It's the central myth of the modern workplace: With a few compromises, you can have it all. But it's all wrong, and it's making us crazy. Here's how to have a life anyway.READ»
Big-name consulting companies like McKinsey and Accenture position themselves as global leaders so you'd think they'd be ahead of the pack in social media. Wrong.READ»
Think consumers are so hungry for all things green that they will buy a hybrid car just because it's a hybrid? Think again. A study from Accenture shows that 6 out of 10 people are more likely to buy a hybrid or electric car only if ...READ»
More than five years ago, Marcus Buckingham proclaimed that middle managers were the most important people in your company. Why? "The single most important determinant of individual performance is a person's relationship with his or ...READ»
Ideas need to move faster than ever. Global teams have to cooperate more closely than ever. Nonstop travel seems less appealing than ever. The solution: an ever-growing collection of tools for electronic collaboration. Can it be that when it comes to doing real work across long distances, we are ... virtually there?READ»
It's been a day of significant contrasts at Copenhagen as the end of the first week of COP15 draws to a close.
The day started with a clear challenge at the Climate Summit "Business Day" from Yvo de Boer, the UN's chief ...READ»
What would happen if you took the principles of a startup incubator like Y Combinator and applied it to improving education? A new philanthropic venture called Startl aims to find out. The non-profit startup accelerator is being ...READ»
Not so long ago, India's Wipro Ltd. sold cooking oils and knockoff PCs. Now its 15,000 technologists cook up vital software applications and research for Ericsson, GM, the Home Depot, and other giant customers. Are you prepared to go head-to-head with the best the world has to offer?READ»
Stephen Shapiro, author of 24/7 Innovation and former head of Accenture's process excellence practice, stopped by Fast Company's Boston office for a brief meeting earlier this afternoon.
Currently researching his next book, Creative ...READ»
