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"When my son was a year old,he was given a sorting toy: a box with different shapes cut out of the lid through which matching shapes can be pushed. Eager to set him on the right path in life, I sat with him, meticulously teaching him how to recognise the shapes. After a few goes, I handed it to him. He took the lid off, threw all the bricks in at once and looked at me as if to say: “If you want the bricks in the box, why are you messing around with all this round brick in the round hole stuff?” In choosing a management consulting firm, it can be tempting to do the same, to remove the lid and throw a bunch of consultants in. But investing time and thought before the project starts yields dividends later on."

Fiona Czerniawska, Financial Times, 15 November 2010

Since we were founded in 2007, Source has been quoted extensively in the business media and has become widely respected as an authoritative commentator on trends in the consulting market.

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• The Times Choosing the B team is a high price to pay for cheap consulting (17.02.2012) 

• Consultant News Breaking the mould in manufacturing consulting (15.02.2012) 

• Consultant News The power law in consulting (09.02.2012) 

• Innolandia El uso de las redes sociales en la consultoría (25.01.2012) 

• Consultant News Telling it like it is (31.01.2012) 

• Spend Matters Procurement of consultancy - it's the value, not the cost that matters (23.01.2012)

• Consultant News Advice from the exerts (23.01.2012) 

• Consultant News Pro-bono consulting doubles as FS work looks set for contraction (19.01.2012)

• Consultant News It's Showtime, folks! (19.01.2012) 

• Consultant News The age of mass production (19.12.2011)

• Consultant News Five options for growth in 2012 (15.12.2011)

• The Trusted Firm How consulting firms buildsuccessful client (08.12.2011)

• Dealer Support IT systems and business intelligence key barriers to company growth (08.12.2011)

• Accounting Web IT systems integration and business intelligence are geeatest barriers to growth amongst uper mid-sized UK organisations (07.12.2011)

• FSN IT systems integration and business intelligence are greatest barriers to growth amongst upper mid-sized UK organisations (07.12.2011)

• MicroScope.co.uk Ad hoc IT deployment holding back SME growth (07.12.2011)

• Channelinfo.net IT issues stop business growth (07.12.2011)

• Consulting Times Which MBA will open the door to McKinsey, BCG and Bain? (12.2011)

• SourceWire IT systems integration and business intelligence are greatest barriers to growth amongst upper mid-sized UK organisations (06.12.2011)

• Consultant News Consulting, fast and slow (04.12.2011)

• The Swedish Wire Specialist startups challenge IT consulting giants (03.12.2011)

• Consultant News Consulting in the middle market (22.11.2011)

• Consultant News Why consultants shouldn't want to be liked (17.11.2011)

• Procurementleaders.com Cost cutting back on agenda for consultancy buyers (17.11.2011)

• Financial Times Strategy: views diverge on how to achieve execution (16.11.2011)

• Financial Times Public sector: firms look beyond Europe as cuts take toll  (16.11.2011)

• Procurementleaders.com Guest Post: In a flat consulting market, who has the power? (16.11.2011)

• Top-Consultant.com Uncertainty forces consultancy buyers to consider cost cutting again (09.11.2011)

• Consultant News Consulting by number (10.11.2011)

• Consultant News Uncertainty forces consultancy buyers to consider cost cutting again (09.11.2011)

• Supply Management Consultancy buyers look to cut costs (07.11.2011)

• eBooks Management Consulting in Practice by Fiona Czerniawska (26.10.2011)

• Consultancy.nl Globalisering de succesfactor in the consultancybranche (25.10.2011)

• Supply Management blog A diagnosis for consultants (24.10.2011)

• Consultant News The questionable benefits of being sociable (20.10.2011)

• Consultant News Consultants need to improve use of digital media - or stick to paper (19.10.2011)

• Consultant News Huntswood: The state of the market - Q4 2011 (13.10.2011)

• Consultant News The four business models of the future (12/10/2011)

• Director of Finance Online Coping with the peaks and troughs of consultancy (10.10.2011)

• Consultant News Should we separate audit and consulting? (06.10.2011)

• Consultant News Hyper-specialisation in consulting (29.09.2011)

• Consultant News The scarcity of scarcity (27.09.2011)

• Consultant News Is execution the poor relation of management? (20.09.2011)

• Civil Service World Public consultancy spending has crashed. And Fiona Czerniawska reveals that the UK's squeeze fits a pattern visible across Europe (19.09/2011)

• Spend Matters Is procurement contributing to capitalism's weakness? (07.09.11)

• Continuity Central New report looks into business continuity trailblazing practices (07.09.11)

• Consultant News Staff substitution: alive and kicking (06.09.11)

• Consultant News Local Authorities are championing the use of SMEs when it comes to buying consulting services (22.08.2011)

• Spend Matters Is procurement contributing to the dominance of the large audit/consulting firms? (16.08.2011)

• Spend Matters Professional Services firm makes less money* shock (15.08.2011)

• Accountancy Age Can Big Four's consulting grip be broken? (10.08.11)

• Consultant News Huntswood: The state of the market - Q3 2011 (26.07.2011)

• Consultant News Where are consultancy's innovators? (20.07.11)

• Consultant News The Big Four share of the European consulting market (13.07.11)

• The Times The price of advice comes with discount (23.06.2011)

• Consultant News European consulting market hits almost €25 billion and new report says it's set to grow (23.06.2011)

• Spend Matters UK/Europe Procurement of consulting services - complete a survey, get a free report (06.06.11)

• Consultant News Marketers isolated as consulting firms deny them board seat (25.05.11)

• Vault Two threats facing the consulting industry (9.05.11)

• The Times You may be just starting out, but you are not alone (28.04.11)

• Consultant News HR consulting bounces back (11.05.11)

• Consultant News Consultant-managers: something else to worry about (09.05.11)

• Accountancy Age Clients favour consultant's local Knowledge over global reach (28.04.11)

• Financial Times How to succeed in consultancy (20.04.11)

• Financial Times "Up or out" is part of industry culture (20.04.11)

• Supply Management Brand influences consultancy purchasing at financial firms (20.04.11)

• Procurement Leaders Network Analysis: Niche consultants worthy of attention (03.02.11)

• Consulting Times Consulting firms turn away work because of top talent shortage (February 2011)

• Integral Seach & Selection Consulting firms 'taking on more employees' (26.01.11)

• Accountancy Magazine Skills shortage sees consultants turn down work (25.01.11)

• Consultant News Third of consulting firms turning away work because of top talent shortage (25.01.11)

• TopConsultant.com Third of consulting firms turning away work because of top talent shortage (24.01.11)

• The Sunday Times Top operators quids in again (23.01.11)

• Consultant News Accenture is the most recognised consulting brand by procurement professionals (13.12.10)

• Supply Management Accenture tops consultancy brand report (13.12.10)

• Management Today How do you put innovation to work? (Autumn 2010)

• Financial Times How to choose a round peg for a round hole (15.11.10)

• Financial Times Value of consulting: Separating the signal from the noise (14.11.10)

• Supply Management How to buy consultancy (11.11.10)

• Management Consulting News Is thought leadership doing any good? (11.11.10)

• Consultant News Financial services consulting - From major bust to mini boom (10.11.2010)

• Consultant News Public sector consulting needs to reinvent itself (08.11.10)

• The Times Deloitte prepares attack on global consulting giants (07.11.10)

• The Guardian A result for consultants - but at what cost? (05.11.10)

• The Times All change as consultancy comes off rails (05.11.10)

• The Times Careers in Consulting - Gravitas has no gender (15.10.10)

• CPO Agenda Let them off the strings (Autumn 2010)

• Accountancy News Demand for financial sector consulting on increase (12.10.10)

• Consultant News Public sector consulting falls as financial services jump (12.10.10)

• The Times If you need advice on how to run your business, then who do you consult? (08.10.10)

• PR Newswire New Solution From Dow Jones Helps Management Consultants Know More About Prospects and Clients in Less Time (04.10.10)

• CIO Public sector restructuring deserves due care and attention (17.09.10)

• Procurement Leaders Analysis: The pros and cons of preferred supplier lists (14.09.10)

• The Economist Free thinking: Why expensive consultancy firms are giving away more research (09.09.10)

• Consultant News Consultancies are short on new ideas (12.08.10)

• Accountancy Magazine Big four consulting services share declining (28.07.10)

• TopConsultant.com Consulting buyers switch their attention from cost cutting to growth (26.07.10)

• Consultant News Consulting buyers switch their attention from cost cutting to growth (26.07.10)

• Procurement Leaders Unlocking the potential of professional services procurement (12.07.10)
  Financial Times Deal collapse a blow for Booz and AT Kearney (07.07.10)

• The Times Should public bodies pay consultants (02.07.10)

• MyCustomer.com CRM project numbers soar - but success rate still stumbles (15.06.10)

• Consultant News Consultants predict double digit growth for CRM work (10.06.10)

• Financial Times Consultants face need for survival strategy (07.06.10)

• Financial Times Booz and AT Kearney in talks to combine (04.06.10)

• International Media: Netherlands Consulting firms are struggling with their marketing (26.05.10)

• B2B Marketing Online Consultants lost for words, says survey (11.05.10)

• Consultant News Consulting industry struggles to find something different to say (11.05.10)

• Accountancy Age Big four lag behind consulting rivals on thought leadership (06.05.10)

• Consultant News Surge in consulting work for Big 4 in UK (27.04.10)

• Consultant News Strategy firms rated highly in White Space (22.04.10)

• Public Finance Efficiency real and imagined (13.04.10)

• Guardian Public A more ruthless approach (09.04.10)

• Consultant News Recession impacts consulting thought leadership (22.03.10)

• Consultant News Unique management consulting resource launched (08.03.10)

• Consultant News Why Lean and Six Sigma projects fail (15.02.10)

• Utalkmarketing How to market consulting services across borders

• Careeer Journal HR consulting biggest loser in recession (01.02.10)

• Personnel Today All change in HR consulting (26.01.10)

• B2B Marketing Online Marketing consulting services across borders (22.01.10)

• Consultant News New report finds HR consulting to be biggest casualty (18.01.10)

• Poolia HR jobs 'undergoing a generational shift' (18.01.10)

• People Management HR consulting industry has shrunk by a fifth in recession (12.01.10)

• HR Magazine HR consultancy takes big hit in recession (11.01.10)

• Financial Times Help needed as banks leave bunker (16.11.09)

• Consulting Times First signs that largest market for consulting is bouncing back (11.09)

• MCN Direct Financial services leads upswing in consulting spend  (2.11.09)

• Recruiter Management consultants in demand (27.10.09)

• Consultant News First signs that largest market for consulting is bouncing back (26.10.09)

• Financial Times Demand for management consultants expected to rise (26.10.09)

• Square Mile Putting out the rubbish (10.09)

• Directors of Finance Toxic assets still a threat (15.10.09)

• Supply Management Consultancy purchasing gong goes to Virgin Media (23.09.09)

• The Times Dangerous bankers still pose a risk in uncertain times (22.09.09)

• Sourcingfocus.com. IT spending down but do not fret (10.07.09)

• Career Journal Consulting slowly recovering (1.07.09)

• CPO Agenda. How to...reduce your consultancy spend (03.06.09)

• Top Consultant 'Consulting slowdown slowing down' (18.06.09)

• Supply Management blog on supplier accreditation (4.06.09)

• Top-Consultant 'How much do you love your clients' (21.05.09)

• The Times 'How managers can ease the pain of cutting costs' (4.03.09)

• CPO Agenda 'Supply chains hold the key to cost-cutting' (20.02.09)

• The Times 'Sharing experience can be beneficial and does not put your company secrets at risk' (18.02.09)

• Consultant News.com 'Widespread cost-cutting will damage organisations' (12.02.09)

• Management Consultants News Direct (17.11.08) Source 'Quarterly Market Report' quoted Consulting Times - Source 'Risk Reward' report coverage (11.08)

• FT Business of Consulting (11.08) 'Why there's a strong case for case studies' Fiona Czerniawska

• The Times (21.10.08) 'Risk Reward' feature quoting Source report  - Carol Lewis

• Supply Management magazine (05.06.08) 'Soap Box - Let's work together' Fiona Czerniawska (Page 1, Page 2) 

• Supply Management magazine (08.05.08)  'Consultants where you want them' Stefan Stern (Page 1, Page 2)

• The Sunday Times Style magazine (20.04.08) 'You got me working day and night'

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