Category: Critical Thinking

Deep down we all have that gut feeling, but with the surge in technology and the ability to question everything at the click of...Read more about Intuition vs AI?

78%1 of students reportedly admitted to worrying about making the right career choice.   Have you ever considered a career in consulting? Listen to...Read more about A Career in Consulting 

The Pitfalls of Perspective. Consultants are hired to solve problems, address challenges as well as identify and maximise opportunities. We are, in most cases,...Read more about The Pitfalls of Perspective

In conversation with the more junior participants on our programmes from big brand Firms, I’m struck by how many of them aren’t really considering...Read more about How do you sell a Consulting Career?

Statistics differ on how many change programmes fail. Percentages from 40 to 70% are still cited regularly by reputable sources. Whatever the real numbers are,...Read more about Managers as Changemakers

You’ve only got to listen to an interview with England’s lead analyst Nathan Leamon from June 20211 to realise that for years cricket, like...Read more about Data as information or interference?

You may have been told the business parable about a broken engine, and an old man with a hammer. The story goes: A giant...Read more about Critical thinking: Learning from the old man with a hammer

Three seemingly unrelated events occurred last week. Firstly, the Global HR Director for a major consulting Firm posed the following question: We have traditionally...Read more about Consulting as a Career, or as a Springboard to a Career?

It will sound familiar to anyone who has worked in an organisation of a certain size. A new transformation programme is announced. It is...Read more about What’s changed about change?

You may be able to listen to Dylan whilst attending a team meeting, talk to your Mum in a project update, or eat breakfast...Read more about Blocked in Lockdown – 10 things we have discovered

Having spent the last year cataloguing and organising nearly 30 years’ worth of our Professional Services development materials, we were in a good position...Read more about The Openside Webinar Modules

By Harriet Johnson, Barrister and Openside Tutor For many, in 2020, the march towards true equality for women is almost taken for granted. The...Read more about Women in Professional Services – 20 years on