Monthly Archives: March 2003

Emergence

Emergence publishes articles of a qualitative nature relating complex systems, sensemaking, psychology, philosophy, semiotics, and cognitive science to the management of organizations both public and private.

A good site edited by Lissack. Especially for people interested in systems thinking.

My post in IndiaStrategy-ThinkTank

If I think about it, confidence is the desire of “I can do it” and a very
personal feeling…and one sees it in a team sometimes (as in the current Australian team) and one can easily confuse it with arrogance (Glenn McGrath, or Sourav Ganguly anyone?)

To transcend this ‘can-do’ attitude at an organizational wide frame is a
difficult proposition, than infusing a team with it. This is because at an
organizational level lots of other variables come into play.

To infuse confidence in the organization, I guess the following would have to be given :

1. Inspiring and trusted leadership
2. Processes that are seen as value adding and not as bureaucracy
3. Transparency for ideas to travel across the organization
4. Constant efforts to break silos and look at the larger picture

Consulting in 2003, Areas of Growth

Polling ~ 1,500 management consultants, the results provide the clearest indication yet that the sector should experience a modest recovery this year. Over 75% of respondents believe that 2003 will be characterised by stability or growth in revenues, whilst only 24% believed there would be any further headcount reductions at their firm. Perhaps unsurprisingly, consultants at niche and medium-sized firms are considerably more bullish than their large firm counterparts – both in terms of overall growth expectations and also headcount growth.

Therefore it looks like the market is going to trust the smaller niche players more and more. Good news for people like us !

Which Strategy Consultancies do candidates most want to work for?

McKinsey continues to enjoy a major competitive advantage over rival consulting firms, according to the results of a survey published by Top-Consultant.com

Respondents confirmed McKinsey is the employer of choice amongst strategy consultancies, securing almost twice as many votes as any of its rivals. It was followed by BCG , then by Bain & Co. followed by Booz, Allen Hamilton

Top Ten Trends for Online Communities

The article starts with:

“The online community sector has negotiated a wrenching twelve months, as played out in each issue of the Online Community Report. While user popularity of online communities continues to swell, the business underpinnings of most efforts have foundered. Contraction and closures have characterized the sector.
Fortunately, there are a number of specific niches within the online community space which are bucking the trend and demonstrating strong revenues, credible earnings (now or forecast), and a promising future. This article reviews ten such areas which, given their financial promise, represent the future of online communities.”

Interesting insights especially, that people are interested in paying for search communities and not just any communities !