These firms assemble leaner project teams of freelance consultants (mostly midlevel and senior alumni of top consultancies) for clients at a small fraction of the cost of traditional competitors.
And the fact that David can come over as low key should not disguise the fact that, intellectually, he is very, very high-wattage.' To Axelrod's fury, there have been allegations that in its consultancy for business clients, his company has engaged in 'astroturfing' - PR campaigns that manufacture ostensible grassroots backing for their products.
He has worked in a number of top consultancies for premium clients around the world, mainly in Europe, the Middle East and USA.
Recent research suggests that the average consultancy project generates value for clients equivalent to at least £6 for every £1 spent.
AMO acts as a kind of guerrilla consultancy, thinking the unthinkable for clients who don't yet know they need solutions.
Opinions on the youth of Generation Y, also known as "millennials", are less surprising: good at tech stuff but truculent and a bit work-shy.Ernst & Young conducted its survey not just for clients; the consultancy felt it needed to understand generational challenges in its own workforce, says Karyn Twaronite, a partner who oversaw the work.
Ms. Nussbaum will oversee a department at Barbarian known as experience design as well as running a new one, the product group, that will operate as a consultancy for current and potential clients.
She is the founder of Alice Heiman, LLC, a sales consultancy for midsize companies whose clients see double and triple digit increases in sales by following her process.
(See the exhibit "Consulting: Three Business Models"). It's incredibly difficult for clients to judge a consultancy's performance in advance, because they are usually hiring the firm for specialized knowledge and capability that they themselves lack.
