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== Team Members ==


Pankaj Daryani <br>
Taras Ivanysenko <br>
Kiho Lee <br>
Conor Ruff <br>
Lidia Sholkova <br>
= Background =
Problem owner: Joost Preyde (IT):<br>
Quote: "All progress depends on the unreasonable man. <br>
Education:<br>
1981-1985 Flight Engineering <br>
1985-1987 MBA <br>
Work:<br>
Partner House of Performance (12 years)<br>
Consultant at Principal Consult<br>
Consultant at Alexander Proudfoot<br>
Marketing Sales B2B at Shell Chemical<br>
Reading book now: Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It
==Focal Issue==
How will Consulting industry evolve in next 10 years?
= Interview Questions =
[[Future of Consulting 2020 - Interview Questions & Answers]]
= Driving Forces =
==Economic Driving Forces==
*[[Global Economic Growth]]  (IT) <br>
*[[Complex Business Environment]] (PD)  <br>
*[[The Role of the Internal Consultant]] (CR) <br>
==Societal Driving Forces==
*[[Innovation]] (KL) <br>
*[[Rising need to co-create]] (PD) <br>
*[[Rising Intellectual Power of Emerging Markets]] (LS) <br>
==Technological Driving Forces==
*[[Development of ICT, web 2.0]] (IT) <br>
*[[Globalization of companies]] (KL) <br>
*[[Openness of Information]] (CR) <br>
*[[Automation of processes]] (LS) <br>
= Research Questions =
[[Future of Consulting 2020 - Research Questions]]
=Scenarios=
==Systems Diagram==
[[Future of Consulting 2020 First Draft]]
[[Future of consulting 2020 - Final Diagram]]
== Short Scenarios Description ==
'''Tradition Remains'''<br>
''Current consulting model remains the same''<br>
-Fear and validation remain an underlying motivation for hiring consultants<br>
-Relationships and trust continue to drive the consultancy model<br>
-Consultant-client relationship shifts to co-creation for innovation<br>
'''Inside Out Innovation'''<br>
''Innovation from within organizations''<br>
- Creation of center of excellence + innovation center <br>
- Growing cycle dimishes external consulting <br>
- Attracting top talent to the organizations <br>
'''Collective Good Consulting'''<br>
''Open source & free consulting'' <br>
- All information in public domain <br>
- On-line collaboration based on non-fee <br>
- Reward through "virtual currency" - promotes free knowledge base <br>
'''A Leap Ahead'''<br>
''Move towards e-consulting & automation'' <br>
- Commoditization of specific consulting services <br>
- Advancement of ICT and growth of emerging markets <br>
- Replacement of consulting services by machines <br>
==  Future of Consulting Scenario Tree ==
[[Future of Consulting Scenario Tree]]
== Timelines ==
[[Tradition Remains Timeline]] <br>
[[Inside out Innovation Timeline]]<br>
[[Collective Good Consulting Timeline]] <br>
[[A Leap Forward Timeline]] <br>
== Scenario Stories ==
[[Traditions Remains]]<br>
[[Inside Out Innovation]] <br>
[[Collective Good Consulting]]<br>
[[A Leap Ahead]]<br>
= Presentation feedback =
Like that you ask the audience questions <br>
Like the small vignettes that you used to demonstrate the scenarios ( not sure I know the scenarios) <br>
Like the causal diagram to explain what you were doing <br>
(see how a scenario works, in terms of showing a new world- when Joost said "O my God") <br>
Like the CFO/CEO discussion nice shift <br>
Good to conclude with outline <br>
Perhaps there is another standard scenario in the "normal" consulting space <br>
2nd scenario question should be framed also in terms of the technical challenges to realize this system <br>
Joost was discussing some interesting strategic responses to the challenges that the scenarios raise <br>
= Main Learning Points =
- Investigating Fundamental Business Model of Consulting <br>
- General Trends of No Value, i.e. tracing the root of the symptom <br>
- Move away from obvious Assumptions <br>
= Useful Resources =
Fiona Czerniawska and others on future of consulting:
http://davidmaister.com/articles/24/ - David Maister - a deep perspective on the consulting world<br>
http://www.careers-in-business.com/consulting/hist.htm - History of consulting <br>
http://www.managementconsultingnews.com/- Features ideas and tools from leading thinkers, consultants, writers, and marketers<br>
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/thoughts-on-googles-20-time/ - A look at internal innovation programmes <br>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYKFWqVVzg - Interesting speech by Marissa Mayer about Google's innovation<br>
http://enrd.ec.europa.eu/app_templates/filedownload.cfm?id=B7288CC2-AAAF-2E2A-742A-040F3A77A56B Pros and cons of internal and external consultants<br>
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1917002,00.html Time article about the history of wikipedia<br>
http://www.zdnet.com/news/open-source-ibms-deadly-weapon/296366 Open source: IBM's deadly weapon<br>
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3499276 IBM: Open Source is More Than Just Linux<br>
http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/3104 interesting article about starting a business with open source <br>
= Numbers that Matter Presentation =
[[Deforestation vs adult&drug tax]]

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