Consulting made simple
It’s OK to be sentimental. It’s OK to be romantic about your business ideas, because this gives traction at the beginning of a project, which is the hardest part. Inertia can then take over, but in the beginning, you need this traction. Overlooking however, the practicalities of something may ultimately reduce your credibility.
A deal was reached on the early hours of 22 July between Greece and its international creditors, regarding the former’s request for debt relief, on the occasion of the end of its macroeconomic adjustment program. Both sides issued statements of satisfaction after the deal, with Klaus Regling, the head of the Eurozone’s bailout fund, going Read more about Monthly Focus Point: Jun18-Jul18[…]
I have oftentimes said through this blog, as well as via other means, that the more technology is advancing, the more intrusive, not to mention abusive, marketing professionals are becoming. From the spreading of the printing press in the 1500s, to the advent of nation-wide telephone systems in the 1900s, to mass e-mail marketing in Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #6: New age marketing[…]
The ECB announced after today’s meeting in Riga, that it will leave its Quantitative Easing (“QE”) policy unchanged, at EUR30b per month, until the end of Sep18, by which time it will cut it to EUR15b. The QE will then continue at the pace EUR15b per month until the end of Dec18 and then end. That being Read more about ECB announces end to QE hours after FED announced an increase in interest rates[…]
This one is easily my most passionate podcast yet. Executives in project-based companies that dedicate time to managing people are as anachronistic as someone who would use cows to plow their field. What you really need to manage is teams. And real teams take time to build. You can’t force them by mixing and matching Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #5: The clockwork[…]
Joker said that “If you are really good at something, you never do it for free” which is good to keep in mind when requested by others to help them without pay. I am also outlining other factors that I like to take into account when considering such requests:
GDPR (EU’s “General Data Protection Regulation”) went live on the 25th of May 2018 as I am sure everyone in the EU is aware of by now, if not for any other reason, just for receiving about a trillion of email messages from various organizations, asking you to provide your consent for them to continue Read more about Monthly Focus Point: May18-Jun18[…]
#IT 10-year bond yields rose to 2.2% today compared to 1.9% a week ago, in light of the possibility of the new coalition government requesting a debt haircut from its international creditors, in accordance ti their leaked draft proposals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marios Charalambous (@mnconsultingglobal) Worth-noting is that several Read more about #IT bond yields increase over concerns about new coalition government intentions[…]
This week I am going to share with you a story worth-spreading. For better or worse my job entails meeting with quite a few people, most of them in high places. For better or worse, those that I meet irrespective of country and industry, are very much alike. The people one usually gets to meet Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #5: An exceptional man[…]
I have many times in the past pointed out the importance of the rule of law in attracting investments to a particular country. As a matter of fact, I believe that it is more important than future economic prospects (which in their own turn, are also affected by the rule of law.) The #EC published Read more about Report on EU GDP/Investment ratios, 2007-2017[…]
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