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Outside Consultant: What Does it Take to Successfully Run Two Organizations Simultaneously?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Joel Johnson, University of St. Thomas women's head hockey coach, ran in the Star Tribune on April 11, 2022. Numerous high-profile executives have run organizations at the same time – think Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX), Jack Dorsey (Twitter/Square) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon/Blue Origin). Most of us will never be as well-resourced…
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Outside Consultant: Why Is Self-awareness and Caring for Others Important in the Workplace?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Chad Brinsfield, PhD, an associate professor and chair of the Management Department at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on April 4, 2022. When I was in college, we had classes on leading others, but we didn’t have classes on leading ourselves. This… -
Outside Consultant: Has Dealing With the Constant Changes Due to COVID-19 Impacted How Businesses Communicate With Employees?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Mike Porter, EdD, a faculty member in the Marketing Department at Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on March 28, 2022. Employee communication always comes with challenges, but COVID-19 magnified those issues in numerous ways. This created an opportunity to see extreme versions of common employer/employee communication… -
Outside Consultant: What Steps Should Business Leaders Take to Counter Ransomware and Other Cyberattacks?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Manjeet Rege, professor and chair of the University of St. Thomas' Graduate Programs in Software and director of the Center for Applied AI, ran in the Star Tribune on March 21, 2022. Technology is the brain behind the success of most companies, organizations and countries. Often, people in the technology… -
Outside Consultant: How Can Businesses Make an Impact With Climate Change?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by John Abraham, professor of thermal sciences, ran in the Star Tribune on March 14, 2022. Climate change is happening, humans are the cause, and we have not done much to stop it. That’s the bad news. But there is good news too. It turns out we can do something about… -
Outside Consultant: How Can Organizations Create Equity in Their Structures?
Business & LawThis "Outside Consultant" column by Ernest Owens, an assistant professor of management in the Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on March 7, 2022. When the handbook/policy defines DEI, it is de facto predicated on a binary cist (male/female) majority system. When you have substructures throughout the organization that govern the outcomes, but each… -
Outside Consultant: How Can Small Businesses Make Use of AI?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Dr. Manjeet Rege, professor and chair of Graduate Programs in Software and Data Science and director for the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, ran in the Star Tribune on Feb. 28, 2022. I would argue that often smaller companies may be better positioned to get started with AI. When I… -
Outside Consultant: How Does Psychological Safety Deliver Business Results in Organizations?
Business & LawThis "Outside Consultant" column by Opus College of Business faculty member Jill Hauwiller ran in the Star Tribune on Feb. 21, 2022. Harvard researcher Amy Edmundson raised the profile of the concept of psychological safety through her 2018 book, The Fearless Organization. Businesses that care about innovation, employee engagement, outpacing the competition, and diversity, equity and… -
Outside Consultant: How Can I Grow My Direct-to-Consumer Brand Using an Omnichannel Approach?
Business & LawThis “Outside Consultant” column by Kim Sovell, a faculty member in the Marketing Department at Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on Feb. 14, 2022. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands have been big in recent years. In the past, consumers developed a relationship with department stores, not brands. Consumers are now developing relationships with brands… -
Outside Consultant: What Are Some Considerations When Starting a Business as a Younger Person?
Business & LawThis “Outside Consultant” column by Alec Johnson, a faculty member in the Entrepreneurship Department at Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on Feb. 7, 2022. Young people need to pick up the mitt and get in the game. The cost of failure when you’re young and when you’re in college can be quite…