Cultural integration is key to digital transformation efforts. Lack of cultural integration is a pervasive issue for consulting firms on the digital transformation journey. A 2017 study by Prophet consulting found that cultural barriers were one of the top three challenges for digital [...]
Last year, we noted that a significant market challenge was the lack of a clear digital transformation definition. On the surface, digital transformation simply means the transformation of a business to a more digital state. The problem we identified, however, lies in defining what exactly that [...]
Experts in the business world agree that digital transformation is an opportunity for businesses of every size. Customers’ buying habits have changed dramatically with the introduction of digital and mobile devices. Businesses must therefore change the way they develop, sell, and distribute their [...]
Acquiring top talent is critical for the consulting industry. In fact, the traditional consulting business model relies on firms being able to market themselves as warehouses of top talent. As firms become more digital, putting thought into recruiting consultants is only becoming more essential. [...]
Benchmarking is a core component of a consulting firm’s service portfolio. With benchmarking, consultants provide third party data and expertise that their clients could not produce themselves. They’re able to use the collective knowledge of their engagements to build a data backbone to their [...]
This case study highlights how a global energy provider transformed a channel partner assessment to extract meaningful data and better enable their partners. A global energy provider needed to better gauge channel partner satisfaction The sales and marketing teams at a global energy company [...]
For some companies, the digital transformation journey has only begun, while others have been working to go digital for years. In fact, because digital transformation can be a long process without a clear end in sight, it helps to think of the process as less of a one-time transformation and more [...]
This case study highlights the agile assessment built on the 9Lenses platform by a major financial services company that specializes in credit cards, home and auto loans, and banking and savings products. A Fortune 100 financial services company needed to assess their company’s agile health A [...]
Benchmarking analysis is an invaluable tool for today’s management consultants. Benchmarking involves comparing a current data set to historical data sets or data from industry peers. It can help consultants determine where clients are ahead of competition, identify areas for client improvement, [...]
Of all the management consulting tools out there, the spreadsheet is possibly the most prevalent. Consultants use spreadsheets on a daily basis in the analysis stage of their projects, ultimately creating models that draw conclusions from a data set to inform the outcome of a project. Lately [...]
