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of the ineffectiveness of the strategy consulting

The well-known consulting firm Boston Consulting Group has published a new study - "Organization 2015. The interesting thing is not the result as no surprise:
"The way the organization of the future will be shaped by a sophisticated combination of hard and soft measures as part of a Change Agenda Only then can we succeed in the company early on. strategic alliances prepare for the coming years and ensure a solid foundation for sustainable value creation " . It is interesting that this determines one of the major consulting companies, which could let customers have daily progress in such processes ...

I am amused by this, because First, it needs for knowledge " Instead, organizations need to develop soft skills to beyond from formal structures and processes to act and be innovative." no study, it is for over 40 years, known, and second has to stand the company actually how ineffective traditional strategy consulting is!

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worth taking a look at the reality. Almost always, when companies have to deal with new issues, they call "expert". The usual method is meant to hiring a reputable consulting firm. Then they appear, knowing the hero, called a strategy consultant. When things get tight, experts are brought in for the future.
is then clear that "our employees are our most important asset ', the sentence is not meant for the development of innovation and strategy processes was, but only if the results are to be fought later against the opposition.
It will be a mostly-started only a few well-known project in which the "situation analyzed and changes are proposed. "Best Practice", "benchmark" and "key performance indicator is" then the prevailing concepts of expert consultants Powerpoint battles determine impress the field, management and irritate the team
is one reached in any case. . - the uncertainty is reduced as objective and reliable methods are the well-known consulting company is at work
just recently told me back a CEO in this regard: " What we do now, McKinsey has developed" ... and it was all said. If it is of which, it is correct, and has done so successfully. An attractive model, if management wants to reduce its uncertainty and complexity.

is my theory: If will really change anything, it must increase the complexity of an external consultant and genuine participation, . I use in counseling because rather have a strategic process that operates within a clear negotiation process with the internal resources of the organization and aware of uncertainty in the "Setting" installs. Prof. Rudolf Wimmer, with whom I have known this approach, described here an example.