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Archive for February, 2012

The bleak mid-winter of public sector consulting

By ⋅ 17 February 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

2011 turned out to be another difficult year for public sector consultants in the UK, with little improvement even on the horizon, our research shows.  A “nuclear winter” was how one firm characterised it.  Some money is still being spent on consultants, particularly on new technology, security and international aid, but there’s also been a [...]

Breaking the mould in manufacturing consulting

By ⋅ 11 February 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Consulting in the manufacturing sector has traditionally either been big business or virtually no business depending on the country you work in.  A hugely important part of the German economy, the sector accounts for more than a quarter of all consulting there,  it’s only about a tenth of the UK market where it’s dwarfed by [...]

The power law in consulting

By ⋅ 3 February 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

A recent article in Booz & Company’s strategy + business magazine draws attention to some fascinating academic research on how power affects decision-making.  We already know (from other research) that the quality of decision-making declines when people depend on their own beliefs and ignore the advice of others: “outside information helps ‘average out’ the distortions [...]

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