Large parts of the working world have been digitized almost overnight. Business travel, personal meetings, and onsite client appointments were canceled. While normality slowly returns, the consulting industry is asking itself two important questions: How can consulting work in times of global crises? And, will the way consultants work change fundamentally in the long run? In…
Interview With Marcus Schüller, Management Consultant. I met Marcus Schüller in mid-October 2019 at the famed Geißbockheim, training grounds of our mutual favorite association football club – 1. FC Köln. A lot has changed since then. In the world, in our hometown of Cologne and in business. The Geißbockheim is our meeting place for a…
How the Corona Crisis Will Change Consulting Forever “Consulting is People Business”. That is the foundation an entire industry has been built upon. It shows how clients and their consultants value personal relationships in their collaboration. It is about trust, perceived competence, and reputation. But the global spread of the coronavirus hits the consulting industry…
Four weeks ago, I published an article about the importance and the success factors of remote work for industry companies (Link). How time flies. Back then, we were only talking about shelter-in-place ordinances and shut-downs. Now, the crisis shows its ugly face and all of us need to accept social distancing as not only a…
