SUPPLY CHAIN
“Smart leaders know that a humancentric strategy is key to success ”
JONATHAN WRIGHT SUPPLY CHAIN CONSULTING GLOBAL MANAGING PARTNER , IBM
But how can organisations get the most from a consultancy service ? Is there an optimal way that they can work with consultancies to arrive at the solutions they need , or a best-practice approach to implementation ?
For insight into this , we turn to Jonathan Wright , who is Global Managing Partner for Supply Chain Consulting at IBM . Wright was also formerly with EY and Accenture .
Do all firms need consultancy services to help them transform ? We live in a world of non-stop transformation . It ’ s now just part of the fabric of every high-performing business . Gone are the days of business transformation ‘ programmes ’ with a defined beginning and end . Most of the easy transformation work is long since done . What ’ s left are the really difficult problems , and almost all organisations need help to meet those challenges .
This means the profession of consulting is fundamentally changing too . In fact , I think we ’ re in the golden age of consulting . Solutions to the hardest problems require new ideas , new operational DNA , and new muscle memory . That increasingly means
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