Skills and development

What do a pen and a children’s playground have in common?

What is it about the consulting industry? It picks up harmless, unassuming phrases and converts them into linguistic behemoths. “Working in partnership” is now so ubiquitous it’s become the equivalent of an “um” or “er” in a firm’s marketing material, filling the gap when it can’t think of anything else to say.

I was speaking at a conference on consulting organised by the Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk Erhverv) a couple of weeks ago. You can find my presentation on the future shape of consulting here.