KIA Corner: The Future of Consulting 20/20—Catching the Wave

For decades, management consultants have helped their clients become effective competitors by addressing complexity, change and volatility in the external and internal environment and prepare for, and profit from, the future—no matter what that future might be.

Joe Kornik | August 24, 2010

By Greg Baranszky

For decades, management consultants have helped their clients become effective competitors by addressing complexity, change and volatility in the external and internal environment and prepare for, and profit from, the future—no matter what that future might be. As the world becomes more volatile, and the importance of mitigating risk— financial, reputational, operational—increases, so does the value of anticipating the future and riding the waves of change that create it and be ready to cease the opportunities brought about by change.

The consulting industry is no less sensitive to the powerful forces shaping the world than any other industry. You've probably asked yourself what would have been the impact on your firm's performance if you had anticipated the rising tide of China and India two decades ago? Or the way technology has washed over the world and changed the way our clients and we do business?*

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