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Lidia Sholkova | Lidia Sholkova <br> | ||
= Background = | |||
Problem owner: Joost Preyde (IT):<br> | |||
Quote: "All progress depends on the unreasonable man. <br> | |||
Education:<br> | Education:<br> | ||
1981-1985 Flight Engineering | 1981-1985 Flight Engineering <br> | ||
1985-1987 MBA <br> | |||
Reading book now: Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It ( | Work:<br> | ||
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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]] | |||