Comments on: Big Consulting Companies Jumping on Bandwagon 2.0 http://www.jarche.com/2007/12/big-consulting-companies-jumping-on-bandwagon-20/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold Jarche » Need for collaboration continues to grow http://www.jarche.com/2007/12/big-consulting-companies-jumping-on-bandwagon-20/comment-page-1/#comment-186324 Harold Jarche » Need for collaboration continues to grow Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:26:27 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1405#comment-186324 [...] year at this time I noticed that Big Consulting Firms are Jumping on Bandwagon 2.0. “As I’ve said before, Free-agents and natural enterprises are better. The upstart [...] [...] year at this time I noticed that Big Consulting Firms are Jumping on Bandwagon 2.0. “As I’ve said before, Free-agents and natural enterprises are better. The upstart [...]

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2007/12/big-consulting-companies-jumping-on-bandwagon-20/comment-page-1/#comment-160965 Harold Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:38:05 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1405#comment-160965 Now we just have to educate the clients, Andy ;-) Now we just have to educate the clients, Andy ;-)

]]> By: Andy Harvey http://www.jarche.com/2007/12/big-consulting-companies-jumping-on-bandwagon-20/comment-page-1/#comment-160810 Andy Harvey Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:16:11 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1405#comment-160810 I couldn't agree more. Large scale consulting firms business model depends on leverage - using lots of inexperienced people at the direction of one or two seniors. Selling large scale engagements (capable of supporting lots of billable hours) requires the ability to promise a process (for example, best practices) rather than results. Having spent plenty of time in the conventional consulting environment the time is ripe for a new model. I couldn’t agree more. Large scale consulting firms business model depends on leverage – using lots of inexperienced people at the direction of one or two seniors. Selling large scale engagements (capable of supporting lots of billable hours) requires the ability to promise a process (for example, best practices) rather than results.

Having spent plenty of time in the conventional consulting environment the time is ripe for a new model.

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