Tuesday 9th May, 2017
By Fiona Czerniawska.
Wavestone, in collaboration with Société Générale, has launched an initiative aimed at promoting innovation in the cybersecurity space, raising some interesting questions about the role of innovation, not just in the very fast-moving, high-tech cybersecurity market, but in consulting more broadly.
Clients think innovation is important: in fact, it’s the quality they consider most important in a consulting firm, according to our research. At the same time, they often struggle to define what it means to be innovative and fully admit that they can’t point to individual consulting firms that are generally more innovative than others. Individual consultants, and sometimes entire project teams are recognised as taking an innovative approach, but clients remain sceptical of the extent to which this translates to an innovative culture across the firm as a whole.
Tuesday 17th Jan, 2017
By Fiona Czerniawska.
You should never say never, but it’s tempting. For all their occasional moments of robotic behaviour (the cool, analytical brain, the steely gaze, the Terminator-like tendency to say, “I’ll be back”), the best strategy consultants aren’t machines but perceptive human beings capable of taking into account the emotional context that surrounds a difficult decision and its execution, as much as the facts.
But parts of the strategy consulting process could be automated.
Thursday 30th Jun, 2016
By B.J. Richards.
Several months ago, I was talking with a gentleman in the fitness industry who excitedly told me about an app he’s working on. Its purpose is to encourage friendships among his gym’s members, presumably in the interest of building brand loyalty. Among the app’s many features, it will send you notifications throughout the day when someone from your favorite fitness class is nearby, “so you could maybe get together and grab a coffee or something.”
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