Episode 76: The One About Winning New Business
There’s a train of thought that says all consultants are in sales. Maybe. But there is definitely a change in bizdev as you progress from Analyst to Partner. Making the…
Category: Business Change
Episodes that deal with observations of the changing business technology environment.
Episode 72: The One About Strategic Foresight 2035
The consulting industry stands at the cusp of a profound transformation, driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and changing business landscapes. Here are 5 things consultants need to know…
Episode 71: The One About The Buggy Whip Moment
The rise of AI in consulting is akin to the demise of the buggy whip industry in the early 20th century. Just as the automobile rendered buggy whips obsolete, AI…
Episode 61: The One About AI in Consulting
AI is taking over the world. It is suddenly and urgently intruding into everything. It can think better than you, faster than you, treats your kids better and is taking…
Episode 54: The One About the Book Strategy to Reality
The knock on consulting is that so much of what goes on is either a bunch of fluff and hand-waving at a stratospheric, impractical level or narrowly focused on mostly…
Episode 50: The One About The Top 5 Special
Four years ago a friend told me that since I had so much to say about business and technology topics that I should go make a podcast. In retrospect I…
Episode 43: The One About Sustainability
Consultants often help clients think about complex problems with few easy answers. There are almost always trade-offs to be made, regulations to follow, expenses to incur all while trying to…
Episode 42: The One About The Future of Consulting
If I were to only read my LinkedIn feed, I’d think every industry is being disrupted all the time, every day… Certainly a search for “future of consulting” yields plenty…
Episode 41: The One About Job Cycles
Is it The Great Rebalance? The Great Reshuffle? The Great Resignation? The Great Discontent? To read about it, companies are really struggling to find workers these days. Clearly there aren’t…
Episode 39: The One About Young Consultants
Consulting may be an old profession (the second oldest?) but no one can argue that it hasn’t undergone tremendous change over the past 20 years. It makes sense, after all.…
Episode 37: The One About Return to Office
Well it looks like things are getting back to normal. Everyone should just go back to doing things like they did prior to Covid. All will be as it was……
Episode 36: The 2020 Christmas Special!
Welp. Glad this year’s over. Perfect time to pour a drink, to be honest. It’s also a perfect time for the third annual Christmas episode of the Consultants Saying Things…
Episode 32: The One About Covid Ranting
I’m tired of Covid. How bout you? Unfortunately, it probably doesn’t matter if we’re tired of it or not. We’ve all been talking quite a lot about Covid impacts. We’ve…
Episode 30: The One About Endpoint Cybersecurity
Check your endpoint. It’s probably not as safe from cyberthreats as you think. And Covid made it worse… The cybersecurity landscape has been dicey for years. In just the past…
Episode 29: The One About Changes to Our Behaviors
The ongoing global pandemic has profoundly impacted our clients and the way we work. It has also forced us to make major changes to our daily routines and behaviors. Given…
Episode 26: The One About Changes to Our Clients
Yes the global pandemic has altered almost everything about how we work. But it has also dramatically impacted our clients and their businesses. It can be easy to first consider…
Episode 25: The One About Changes to the Way We Work
The Coronavirus has had dramatic impact on our world. Everything from how we eat to how we learn has changed. The way we work has also changed. Even though Consultants…
Episode 22: The One About Consulting 4.0
You’re a consultant. You’ve been doing your thing. Suddenly Big 4 Firms and various magazines and LinkedIn rivals tell you you’ve been doing it ALL WRONG! Consulting 1.0? No no…
Episode 20: The One About Platform Modernization
Let’s be honest, if you aren’t digitizing right now, you’re probably platform modernizing. In fact, Platform Modernization is a key part of all 10 of CIO Magazine’s top issues for…
Episode 14: The One About Agile Being Bullsh*t
Have you ever been involved in a discussion on Agile and thought to yourself, “What a bunch of BS” ? That was the genesis of our latest episode. And let…
