Posts tagged consulting
Design Nation 2021: Launching a Successful Career in Design with Rupali Steinmeyer, Managing Director at MetaDesign

In this Design Nation interview, Rupali Steinmeyer, Managing Director at MetaDesign, shares how social media increases the accessibility of designs and what it means for brands in their storytelling. She gives her perspective on cultural understanding in design, design-thinking as a business strategy, and the importance of preparedness to launching a successful career.

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Cracking the Code on the Innovation Formula and Service with Elisa Jagerson, CEO Emeritus of FutureBrand Speck

Summer Journalism Fellow Joe Strong speaks to Elisa Jagerson, CEO Emeritus of FutureBrand Speck, the design consultancy credited with driving major product and service innovations within Google, Apple, and more. Jagerson chats about her pioneering role in redefining intelligent design to grow Speck from a boutique design and engineering firm into an innovation leader. She also shares her passion for service, legal reform, and gender/racial justice.

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From Anthropology to Consulting: A Conversation with Brigitte Anderson, Founder of Orange Vista, LLC

Brigitte Anderson, Founder and Principal of Orange Vista LLC, describes her first ventures in promoting financial inclusion and banking in emerging markets in Africa through the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. She also explains what led her to pivot Orange Vista as a market consultancy group towards the health and education sectors, Chicago’s innovation scene, and the value of mentorship throughout her inspiring entrepreneurial journey.

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Catalyzing Businesses for Climate Action with Amanda North, CEO of Plan C Advisors

Public service and resilience have been at the heart of Amanda North’s career as Founder & CEO of Plan C Advisors. In her interview with Summer Journalism Fellow Anastasiia Tokar, North describes the role of purpose in strategic entrepreneurship and key steps for the corporate world to prioritize meaningful climate action in their business models, emphasizing the need for stable environmental policy in facilitating the transition towards a sustainable future.

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Wonder Women: Female Entrepreneurship Today with Ita Ekpoudom

As the founder of Tigress Ventures, a management consulting firm connecting women with the proper expertise and resources to succeed in startup ventures, Ita Ekpoudom was addressing gender inequality in the C-Suite long before the discussion entered the spotlight. In a conversation with Business Today, Ekpoudom explains why women must become an investment - not just a token - that companies sincerely care about.

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Investing with Mark Baumgartner, CIO at the Institute for Advanced Study

“The key is not to avoid risks, it’s to control them and manage them to the extent possible. That’s the art of investing.” Mark Baumgartner is Chief Investment Officer at the Institute for Advanced Study, an endowment supporting a community of scholars in Princeton, New Jersey. 

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Recruitment for Big Banks Earlier than Ever

"We have finally reached recruitment when it is barely spring, and students have yet to even begin their internships for the coming summer itself."

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