New Adventure: Weekly Flex Trip

Weekly Flex Trip highlights the best flex trips across the globe through user submissions. We aim to give insight into the best places to eat, play and stay in each city we cover. About two weeks ago I was given Click Millionaires by Scott Fox for some light reading. I demolished the book in three days…

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Lean Packing Methodology

Trademark pending… The Lean Packing Manifesto:  We are uncovering better ways of packing clothes for a four-day travel week by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:  Function over form  Overhead space over checked luggage  Light weight luggage over clothing options Planning over procrastination  That is, while there…

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Landing Pages & Headlines

In an effort to subsidize the costs of WiFi at hotels many have taken to partnering with local newspapers. When a guest checks into the hotel and signs in through the portal with their name and room number they’ll be taken to the default landing page of the online paper. What a great way to…

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My Career: What I’m Up To pt. 2

It’s been a year and a half since my last career update. I had just changed internships within the same company and had a solid 5 months until graduation. Those were the days. I’ll cover some of the major milestones in my life since then with some pictures included. I tend to blog more about…

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Consulting 101: Bag Tags

Full disclosure: I’m Platinum. If you don’t mind, I’m going to make a generalization about all humans. Humans of all cultures have status symbols. Whether you wear rings around your neck or wear a crown atop of a throne made of games, each culture and civilization has some item that means, “I’m better than you. Nana nana…

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Consulting 101: Taking Notes

#172727407 / gettyimages.com Throughout my “formative” years teachers would write notes on the board for students to furiously copy down. We would then be tested on said notes every few weeks. Then in college students were expected to copy down the important pieces of information that spewed for teachers like alcohol from sorority girls on…

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Hertz Rental Car History

#86501819 / gettyimages.com Since last October I’ve been on the road for work on a weekly basis to Provo, UT. Our team has been rather small, so I have the privilege of renting a car every Monday and returning it every Thursday. I thought it might be fun to pull some data on all the cars…

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Don’t Point Fingers

That’s what I was taught growing up. It made identifying objects high on shelves difficult but nonetheless it was the rule. It’s also a good rule to bring into the work place, especially during a crisis. Over the past few weeks my current project had a few bumps in the road. By sitting back and observing…

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Consulting 101: Flavor Infused Water

You’ve finally made it. You’ve hit consulting puberty and you’re finally a consultant. How do I know, you ask? Because you have an opinion about your favorite flavor infused water. It’s like your voice cracked and mom started buying deodorant hoping you’d get the hint. Congratulations. You are now a consultant. Soon you’ll be taking dinner orders!…

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Story Time: Get Your Facts Right

Senior year of high school I took Sociology as a filler class. The teacher played baseball at Vanderbilt to become a baseball coach, hence why he taught high school sociology. The class consisted mostly of watching sports movies and discussing the group dynamics. And by discussing I mean, him reading canned lectures in his best…

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