Production in Consulting

While it may not appear that management consultants produce anything, we view research as our output.  Recommendations aimed at improving companies' performance come from data and information gleaned from many resources.  Our production typically starts with white papers, which originate from the need for research on a particular topic. Depending on their demand, the information in the white papers may be used for proposal work to gain clients, or be posted on our vast research site. 

Each project's deliverables include a painstaking amount of lessons learned and templates to be used for future work.  This results in both the proprietary content only for internal use and practice methods to be used for a variety of clients.  When there are great industry shifts, my firm will ramp up production, decrease production, or completely change our focus (to new industries or trends).  Our production of information and research is analogous to any other company's development of a tangible product.  If that product warrants any kind of demand, chances are my firm is involved in its industry.  When we recognize gaps in information, we will hire more people to conduct research on the topic.  It just so happens that what we produce is available online or on paper.