Thursday 15th Sep, 2016
By Julie Ahadi.
We think it’s time to introduce the concept of conference call hold music etiquette to consulting firms. It’s not that we aren’t amused by some of the choices we have been subjected to of late– indeed, we’ve enjoyed singing along to a veritable smorgasbord of 90s hip-hop classics and contemporary favourites, jam-packed with innuendo and funky beats. What we struggle with, however, is listening to Britney Spears one minute, and the Global Marketing Director of a strategy firm and 15 partners the next. As anyone in their right mind would know, it’s virtually impossible not to finish off the lyrics: “When I’m not with you I lose my mind–Give me a sign…”
Wednesday 17th Aug, 2016
By Fiona Czerniawska.
Recent spring-cleaning of the Source corporate loft turned up a tantalising fragment of the famed lost play…
Scene 1: A drab suburban sitting room. Hairy is hunched over his laptop, his middle-aged brow furrowed as he tries to sort through his expenses. His wife, Hernia, sits next to him on the sofa, reading the Harvard Business Review.
Wednesday 16th Dec, 2015
Santa, Many thanks for your time yesterday. It was very useful to get feedback from you and your colleagues around our interim findings, and I thought it would be helpful to summarise the key points of the discussion. We’re all aware that the current business model leaves you exposed on several fronts. Amazon is just one of many possible players who could seriously threaten your position as a ‘category of one’, but the chances are high that specialist Xmastech firms will also emerge that exploit specific pain points in what we can all agree is now a massively overstretched operation.
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