Expanding capabilities: 2iQ Sustainability Advice
Just over six years after the inception of 2iQ Management & Consultancy, we are expanding our capabilities. A new company has joined the family: 2iQ Sustainability Advice. It is based on shared values but with a complementary set of new…
The beginning of something new: 2iQ Management & Consultancy
After 25 years, working for seven different employers in multiple countries on two different continents it was time for a new step. The real choice was to either support the vision of someone else or follow my own dreams and act on my own values…
Musical chairs in the corporate world
Career development systems in a consultancy firm have some nasty streaks in it. First I'll explain how it works and then why I think we should abolish it in this form asap.
The career development in many partnership firms is a variation on…
The more you know… (the paradox of the Dunning-Kruger effect)
In a series of experiments at the Department of Psychology of Cornell University published in 1999, David Dunning and Justin Kruger tested a phenomenon now known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. Their experiments showed that unskilled individuals…
Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future
Richard Susskind is a British author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments and he holds professorships at the University of Oxford, Gresham College and Strathclyde University. Wikipedia…
Evaluating Price, Quality and other inequalities
In various languages there are different sayings for the attempt to compare incomparable items. English and French refer to the comparison of apples and oranges where Dutch and German refer to the more similar apples and pears. Spanish is still…
Sole sourcing: a win-win-win?
Selecting and contracting an IT or BPO service provider is usually a complex process. It takes significant time and effort from all parties involved. Service providers put in a serious investment with only a limited chance to get a return. For…
Sourcing Strategy: a necessary prequel?
Recently I engaged in a number of Sourcing Strategy projects for clients in a broad range of industries. In these type of projects we (it's almost always a team effort) supported clients in being specific about their requirements, add relevant…
If you only have a hammer…
When you want to sell your house you obviously want to get the right price for it. So you start asking around how you could make it more valuable or at least more attractive. Suggestions are easily found and they will be quantified with the…
Better is the enemy of good enough…
The Management Consultant as any professional strives for the best result. Whether she/he drafts a proposal, makes a presentation or creates a final report, there is continuously room for further improvement and putting in more effort is always…
Collaborative writing: a skill or an art form?
Sometimes it seems that all communication today is in sound-bites, 140 character tweets or blog posts. Anything beyond 500 words seems to be in the exclusive domain of poets, novelists and other professional writers.
Not so for the Management…
Conference call etiquette
Every trade or industry has its tools. And apart from the IT stuff like spreadsheets, word-processors and a variety of presentation apps, today's Management Consultant cannot work without conference calls.
Communication is among our primary…