http://www.sourceforconsulting.com The Source for Consulting blog feed en-gb Source Syndication http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:27:43 +0100 http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/75 The 20th century was about sorting out supply. The 21st is going to be about sorting out demand. The internet makes everything available, but... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:40:11 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/74 The recent announcement that PwC is acquiring Diamond Consultants isn't and is a surprise. In the race to close the gap that Deloitte is... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:25:35 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/73 When we carry out the research for our briefing notes, we usually ask consulting firms what in their opinion the main causes of underperforming... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:53:18 +0100 Edward Haigh http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/72 Speaking to a senior executive within the pharmaceutical industry about the value consultants deliver recently, I was struck by one particular... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:03:27 +0100 Edward Haigh http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/71 A very good friend of mine recently admitted to a rather strange affliction. She calls it shopping bulimia, and it manifests itself as a desire... Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:26:15 +0100 Edward Haigh http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/70 What on earth does the consulting industry have in common with the golden age of Hollywood? Quite a lot, I think. Todays big consulting firms... Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:37:26 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/69 It is tempting for large consulting firms to think they are immune from competition from independent consultants. The idea that a firm such... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:46:42 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/68 Here is how many consulting firms develop their thought leadership: Step 1: Pick an idea it thinks clients will be interested in.... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:10:11 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/67 I have written in this blog before about the extent to which the difference between clients and consultants has been eroded by increasing management... Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:41:50 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/66 No, this isnt a series of observations about client dependency on consultants. Sometimes we can learn a lot about one industry by looking... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:48:21 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/65 Quite a lot, apparently. Consultants have been grumbling about the word consultant since the dotcom boom-to-bust, when clients started to associate... Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:47:57 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/64 One of my favourite quotes is Machiavelli: A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised Good advice depends on the shrewdness of... Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:42:28 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/63 In the last month, the largest 25 consulting firms in the world published almost 500 new books and articles. Collectively, their websites have... Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:59:54 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/62 Heres a little-known fact: the largest 25 consulting firms in the world collectively publish, on average, 445 new pieces of thought each month.... Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:14:47 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/61 Well, they can certainly breed. If my experience in college, where my second year room backed onto a rambling garden, is anything to go by,... Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:57:16 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/60 The art of and is the title of an article by the Boston Consulting Group on how organisations, post-recession, need to grow revenue while simultaneously... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:45:16 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/59 Increasingly high-profile concerns over the difficulty of valuing the benefits of consulting services is putting pressure on the industry to... Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:31:50 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/58 The possible merger between AT Kearney and Booz and Co has created quite a stir. So far much of the attention has been focused on what this... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:24:59 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/57 There was a big fuss in the UK last year when the findings of a report by McKinsey on cutting costs in the National Health Service were leaked... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:55:21 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska http://www.sourceforconsulting.com/blog/56 This phrase, at the bottom of an empty page, perfectly sums up my memories of the quality management systems which invaded consulting firms... Sat, 22 May 2010 09:30:26 +0100 Fiona Czerniawska