http://stayoutside.com/wordpress/20091120/the-company-you-will-work-with-in-the-future-is-the-company-you-keep it's a matter of perspective... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:10:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://stayoutside.com/wordpress/20091120/the-company-you-will-work-with-in-the-future-is-the-company-you-keep/comment-page-1#comment-4319 Eric A Siegmann Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:41 +0000 http://stayoutside.com/wordpress/?p=331#comment-4319 Had a similar conversation with a fellow consultant. We questions whether big consulting firms, and the standard travel model (to get expertise to your location from a broad physical area) are as applicable today. Considering the increased easy in communicating and collaborating virtually, and the commoditization (new word ;-) )of standard (non-cutting edge) consulting skill sets, why carry the overhead when you could source locally through contracting. Think of how they bring together large construction crews as a similar model. Interesting outlook. . . Had a similar conversation with a fellow consultant. We questions whether big consulting firms, and the standard travel model (to get expertise to your location from a broad physical area) are as applicable today. Considering the increased easy in communicating and collaborating virtually, and the commoditization (new word )of standard (non-cutting edge) consulting skill sets, why carry the overhead when you could source locally through contracting. Think of how they bring together large construction crews as a similar model. Interesting outlook. . .

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