Consultive Magazine first week update
By Mike. August 6th, 2010. Posted in Consultive news 1 Comment »
It’s been a busy first week here in the Consultive Magazine office. After our successful launch on Monday, we’ve spent the last few days tweaking the site and responding to emails.
Thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to visit the site and give us your feedback.
Continue reading»How to approach internal projects – Part 1 (of 2): The Pros
By Mike. August 1st, 2010. Posted in Off assignment 1 Comment »
At some point in your career, you will not have an assignment to work on (sometimes referred to as ‘off the clock’ or ‘on the bench’), so the powers that be will suggest (with varying levels of insistence) that you help on an ‘internal project’. These often involve developing a methodology, product or computer system to aid with the internal workings of the company.
Continue reading»Borrowing your watch and spotting elephants
By adamanonymous. August 1st, 2010. Posted in On assignment No Comments »
I’m generally a practitioner, preferring delivering projects to critiquing them, but every so often I’ll get called in by a client to conduct a review of something or other, normally a project that is taking twice as long as they hoped. And frequently within a few short days of me poking my nose in, a slightly upset member of the team I’m charged with reviewing will invoke the hoary old saw about consultants “borrowing your watch to tell you the time”.
Continue reading»Entering the industry, a view from inside
By Mike. August 1st, 2010. Posted in Your career No Comments »
Here at Consultive we are keen to unearth what other people think about consulting. We have interviewed Steve, a new entrant into the consulting industry. He is a management graduate who has been in his current role for a year, following several years abroad managing projects in a different culture. He works for the consulting team of a large UK based engineering company.
Continue reading»Welcome to Consultive Magazine
By Mike. August 1st, 2010. Posted in Consultive news 1 Comment »
Here it is at last, Consultive Magazine is online!
After many weeks of sweat and hard work Consultive Magazine is here to bring you the most useful, down to earth and up to date information about becoming and being a consultant. This week we have three articles for you to browse through:
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