How we support every level in your firm
Exemplifying your brand at every stage of business development.Read more about About You
Consistently embodying and reinforcing the firm’s values and purpose.Read more about About You
Many firms train their own. The best firms transform them.Read more about About You
Our programmes are bespoke and designed to align with your strategic positioning. Read more about About You
Our proprietary learning technology platform allows organisations to track the implementation of any training intervention.Read more about About You
Our eLearning solutions offer flexible, cost-effective development that reinforces learning for lasting behavioural change.Read more about About You
Ensuring the learning doesn’t just land in the moment, but truly ‘sticks’.Read more about About You
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Points of View
Power and the hollowing middle
In short: As firms automate junior-level work, the pipeline of people who used to earn the standing to challenge partners is disappearing. Power is concentrating…Read more about Power and the hollowing middle
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Why Now (Still) Is the Time for Your Consulting Firm to Revisit Its Professional Development Strategy
10 years of Consulting Excellence: A 2026 update to our original 2016 Point of View, marking 10 years of MCA Consulting Excellence Ten years ago, the Management…Read more about Why Now (Still) Is the Time for Your Consulting Firm to Revisit Its Professional Development Strategy
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The Cultural Impact of Private Equity Investment
The damage PE ownership does to culture is rarely dramatic. It’s quieter than that — a gradual withdrawal of effort that doesn’t show up…Read more about The Cultural Impact of Private Equity Investment
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The Premature Crowning
There is an old joke in professional services that Partners are made, not born – and that the making takes roughly a decade of being systematically humbled before…Read more about The Premature Crowning
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The old man and the hammer: Knowing where to tap
I’ve been using this parable in workshops for the best part of three decades. I’m not remotely tired of it – mainly because every…Read more about The old man and the hammer: Knowing where to tap
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Passing the baton: how to make a success of succession
Leadership succession continues to be one of the most difficult moments that an organisation goes through, regardless of whether it is an established corporation…Read more about Passing the baton: how to make a success of succession
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What’s next for consulting in the age of AI?
“We’ve been replaced by Claude”, remarked my colleague dolefully. And it did seem to be that way. A shipping company that we had accompanied…Read more about What’s next for consulting in the age of AI?
The latest Financial Times report on the UK’s leading management consultants makes something clear: AI is reshaping delivery models, as early-stage entry and analysis, data research, and routine tasks are increasingly being automated. But here’s the…Read more about AI Won’t Replace Consultants. It Will Expose the Real Value of Human Skills
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Are your Partners order takers rather than effective business development professionals?
Many firms are asking a difficult but necessary question: are their Partners truly driving business growth, or only equipped to simply respond to demand?…Read more about Are your Partners order takers rather than effective business development professionals?
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The last Analyst class… So what?
The problem isn’t that firms lack the tools to redesign professional training. It’s that the incentive structure actively punishes them for doing so.Read more about The last Analyst class… So what?
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The last Analyst class
The grunt work nobody wanted to do was secretly the work that built every great professional. Now it’s gone.Read more about The last Analyst class
Your Professional Development Strategy
Beginning with the end in mind, Openside aligns professional development with your firm’s strategy – defining scope, key stakeholders and outcomes to ensure meaningful and lasting impact.
Technical Qualifications
The Chartered Management Consultant (ChMC) award is the highest professional status you can achieve in the management consulting profession, described by some leaders as “critical for the industry”.
