Corporate Consulting and Thinking

IS YOUR CONSULTANT ENRICHING YOUR JUDGEMENT?

Ignoring the comparison of New York to a prison camp run by "the prisoners" today's article by Tom Davenport for HBR truly paint's a picture that we've seen many times over long term consulting engagements, that being the dumbing down of an organization.

Now with 20 years in the IT business the use of consulting services is certainly something that has to be endorsed. Nobody knows it all, but as Tom reveals in his article, the over reliance on an external resource for enriching judgement without building internal bench strength can and will often result in the "dumbing down of an organization".

Your thoughts?