"This book provides well-researched, accessible and intelligent insights into the pressures on, and opportunities for, innovation in a complex and dynamic industry. These insights are supported by in-depth and multi-level international cases which will prove interesting to students, researchers and consultants themselves.", Joe O'Mahoney, Professor of Management Consultancy, Cardiff Business School, UK "Management Consultancy for Innovation is a fascinating examination of the consultancy industry and presents a powerful agenda for the "innovative consultant" and the drivers of how consultancy firms can innovate. It is surprising that an industry worth billions of dollars, in which innovating solutions and insights to senior management problems are the core value proposition, has not received sufficiently deep investigation. Christopher Williams' book provides a detailed and example-laden analysis of how the consultancy firm can innovate, the challenges faced and ways forward.", Mathew Hughes, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Loughborough University, UK "With Management Consultancy for Innovation , Christopher Williams invites the reader to stop and wonder:How much of our approach is really innovative and are we helping our clients to develop truly original ideas? By combining academic insight with examples from real life business cases, this book offers a framework and inspiration to experiment with new solutions to boost long term performance.", Sophie Loquet, Management Consultant, House of Performance, Netherlands n analysis of how the consultancy firm can innovate, the challenges faced and ways forward.", Mathew Hughes, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Loughborough University, UK "With Management Consultancy for Innovation , Christopher Williams invites the reader to stop and wonder:How much of our approach is really innovative and are we helping our clients to develop truly original ideas? By combining academic insight with examples from real life business cases, this book offers a framework and inspiration to experiment with new solutions to boost long term performance.
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