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<rss version="2.0"><channel><new-feed-url xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">http://www.pwc.com/us/en/10minutes/podcast.xml</new-feed-url><title>PwC's 10Minutes series</title><link>http://www.pwc.com/10minutes</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>C 2009-2012 PwC. All rights reserved. "PwC" refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, which is a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each member firm of which is a separate legal entity.</copyright><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"></subtitle><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC</author><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Without mincing words, each 10Minutes piece will distill key information and insights on a corporate, legal, or regulatory topic relevant to your business, helping you set your compass in a landscape that is often difficult to negotiate. If we can make the journey easier for you, it will be 10 minutes well spent.</summary><description>Without mincing words, each 10Minutes piece will distill key information and insights on a corporate, legal, or regulatory topic relevant to your business, helping you set your compass in a landscape that is often difficult to negotiate. If we can make the journey easier for you, it will be 10 minutes well spent.</description><owner xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><name>PwC US</name><email>online.marketing@us.pwc.com</email></owner><image href="http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/10minutes/assets/pwc-10min-itunes-cover.jpg" xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"></image><category text="Business" xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><category text="Management &amp; Marketing"></category></category><category text="Business" xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><category text="Business News"></category></category><item><title>Podcast: 10Minutes on business continuity management</title><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PricewaterhouseCoopers US</author><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Phil Samson and Todd Warren discuss the importance of a business continuity strategy with a specific focus on the Utilities industry.</subtitle><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Business continuity management programs for the Utilities industry are being designed to continually assess— as well as counter—risks stemming from the interdependencies integral to running a business. Phil Samson and Todd Warren discuss the importance of a business continuity strategy with a specific focus on the Utilities industry.</summary><enclosure url="http://download.pwc.com/us/10minutes/pwc-10minutes-business-continuity-management.mp3" length="7488800" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure><guid>http://download.pwc.com/us/10minutes/pwc-10minutes-business-continuity-management.mp3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><duration xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">8:15</duration><keywords xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, diversity, cultural transformation, cultural dexterity, cognitive diversity, millennials, talent management, work environment, workforce</keywords></item><item><title>Podcast: 10Minutes on managing diversity</title><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PricewaterhouseCoopers US</author><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">This podcast provides PwC's insights on how forward-thinking leaders must make diversity a business imperative and take steps at the institutional level to create an environment of equal access and opportunity.</subtitle><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">This podcast provides PwC's insights on how forward-thinking leaders must make diversity a business imperative and take steps at the institutional level to create an environment of equal access and opportunity.  The benefits for such investment are real, and they touch every area of the business by potentially resulting in greater agility, better market insight, stronger customer and community loyalty, innovation, and improved employee recruitment and retention.</summary><enclosure url="http://download.pwc.com/us/diversity/diversity-Podcast-10-09.mp3" length="7488800" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure><guid>http://download.pwc.com/us/diversity/diversity-Podcast-10-09.mp3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><duration xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">12:48</duration><keywords xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, diversity, cultural transformation, cultural dexterity, cognitive diversity, millennials, talent management, work environment, workforce</keywords></item><item><title>PDF: 10Minutes on managing diversity</title><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PricewaterhouseCoopers US</author><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"></subtitle><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">In order for diversity efforts to be successful, they must entail more than just initiatives or stand-alone programs that can be toppled by budget cuts or become victims of lethargy. Companies that cultivate cultural dexterity within their organizations now will be better equipped to weather today's many challenges and to emerge with a competitive advantage when the economy recovers. 10Minutes on Managing Diversity voices PwC's point of view on diversity and how cultural dexterity is key to creating sustainable competitive advantage.</summary><description>In order for diversity efforts to be successful, they must entail more than just initiatives or stand-alone programs that can be toppled by budget cuts or become victims of lethargy. Companies that cultivate cultural dexterity within their organizations now will be better equipped to weather today's many challenges and to emerge with a competitive advantage when the economy recovers. 10Minutes on Managing Diversity voices PwC's point of view on diversity and how cultural dexterity is key to creating sustainable competitive advantage.</description><enclosure url="http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/10minutes/assets/pwc-10minutes-diversity.pdf" length="372889" type="application/pdf"></enclosure><guid>http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/10minutes/assets/pwc-10minutes-diversity.pdf</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><keywords xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Talent, Talent Management, Human Capital, HR, and Human Resources, pivotal employee, leadership, compensation</keywords></item><item><title>Podcast: 10Minutes on rethinking pivotal talent</title><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PricewaterhouseCoopers US</author><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Jeffrey Summer and Renee Romulus of PricewaterhouseCoopers discuss how to identify pivotal talent and explain what companies can do to keep that talent and refocus them on achieving new business objectives.</subtitle><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Even with all the cost-cutting initiatives and reductions in workforce that we expect to continue to see through the first few quarters of 2009, at the end of the day, most organizations are still spending within 40 to 60 and more percent of their operating cost on people-related expenses. The people agenda is therefore front and center as companies are recalibrating business objectives to weather the financial storm and exploit emerging opportunities.</summary><enclosure url="http://download.pwc.com/us/10minutes/pwc-10minutes-talent-012009.mp3" length="9196971" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure><guid>http://download.pwc.com/us/10minutes/pwc-10minutes-talent-012009.mp3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><duration xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">10:45</duration><keywords xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, diversity, cultural transformation, cultural dexterity, cognitive diversity, millennials, talent management, work environment, workforce</keywords></item><item><title>PDF: 10Minutes on rethinking pivotal talent</title><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PricewaterhouseCoopers US</author><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"></subtitle><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">The global financial crisis has created a fast-emerging set of challenges and opportunities in the talent market. Before reflexively introducing traditional strategies like across-the-board headcount reductions, companies should first re-evaluate their approach to "pivotal talent"— those game-changing employees whose performance can make or break the bottom line.</summary><description>The global financial crisis has created a fast-emerging set of challenges and opportunities in the talent market. Before reflexively introducing traditional strategies like across-the-board headcount reductions, companies should first re-evaluate their approach to "pivotal talent"— those game-changing employees whose performance can make or break the bottom line.</description><enclosure url="http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/10minutes/assets/pwc_10minutes_112008_rpt.pdf" length="372889" type="application/pdf"></enclosure><guid>http://www.pwc.com/images/us/eng/about/10minutes/PwC_10Minutes_112008_RPT.pdf</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><keywords xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Talent, Talent Management, Human Capital, HR, and Human Resources, pivotal employee, leadership, compensation</keywords></item><item><title>Podcast: 10Minutes on data and identity theft</title><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PricewaterhouseCoopers US</author><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Mark Lobel, Fred Rica, and Mike Cunning, discuss key risk indicators of data and identity theft vulnerability.</subtitle><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">In this podcast, data and identity theft professionals from PricewaterhouseCoopers' managing Security practice, Mark Lobel, Fred Rica, and Mike Cunning, discuss key risk indicators of data and identity theft vulnerability and explain why having strong data safeguards in place can help secure a company's reputation, competitiveness, and financial well-being. To learn more about the 10Minutes program, visit www.pwc.com/10minutes.</summary><enclosure url="http://download.pwc.com/us/10minutes/pwc-10minutes-data-102008.mp3" length="9196971" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure><guid>http://download.pwc.com/us/10minutes/pwc-10minutes-data-102008.mp3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><duration xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">15:19</duration><keywords xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, data, theft, risk, vulnerability, Identity theft, data theft, data loss, security breaches</keywords></item><item><title>PDF: 10Minutes on data and identity theft</title><author xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PricewaterhouseCoopers US</author><subtitle xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"></subtitle><summary xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">The risk of data and identity theft is on the rise and PwC understands that data losses can be devastating and risks are substantial, including compromise of company IT systems, direct financial impacts from investigations and customer lawsuits, erosion of brand reputation, loss of customers, government fines and regulatory mandates. Having strong data safeguards in place can help secure a company's reputation, competitiveness, and financial well-being.</summary><description>The risk of data and identity theft is on the rise and PwC understands that data losses can be devastating and risks are substantial, including compromise of company IT systems, direct financial impacts from investigations and customer lawsuits, erosion of brand reputation, loss of customers, government fines and regulatory mandates. Having strong data safeguards in place can help secure a company's reputation, competitiveness, and financial well-being.</description><enclosure url="http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/10minutes/assets/pwc_10minutes_102008_idm.pdf" length="372889" type="application/pdf"></enclosure><guid>http://www.pwc.com/images/us/eng/about/10minutes/PwC_10Minutes_102008_IDM.pdf</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><keywords xmlns="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, data, theft, risk, vulnerability, Identity theft, data theft, data loss, security breaches</keywords></item></channel></rss>