Commerce & Calling · Vol. VI

History of Consulting

Bower, the strategy shops, and the tiers beneath them

$25 per student · one-time

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Plate VI. History of Consulting.

How advice became an industry: Bower, strategy shops, MBB, the Big Four, and the tiers beneath them. The history of professional counsel — not logo worship — ending with stewardship: when to hire, when not to, and how advice can build capacity or dependency.

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Contents

What the course covers

  1. 01Why Advice Became an Industry
  2. 02Founders and Early Firms
  3. 03Marvin Bower and the Profession
  4. 04The Strategy Revolution
  5. 05MBB as a System
  6. 06The Big Four Enter
  7. 07Explosion, Tiers, and Specialization
  8. 08Stewardship and the Future of Advice
Choosing a path is the companion course, Careers in Consulting.

Who teaches

Written by Troy Williams · Kellogg MBA · McKinsey · Ameriprise Financial

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Pricing

Family

$25 per student

Classroom

$49 base + $20 / student

Nothing auto-renews.

Questions

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Nothing auto-renews. $25 per student when it opens. Not yet for sale.

History of Consulting

Bower, the strategy shops, and the tiers beneath them

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