Strategy Editor

Daniel Ashcombe

Explains what you are actually buying when you buy strategy or management consulting, how the engagement is staffed, and which kind of help your problem needs.

Daniel Ashcombe edits the Strategy desk. He spent years inside strategy and management consulting before moving to the other side of the table, and writes about the parts of an engagement the client does not see: how it is staffed, how the leverage ratio sets the price, and what the team actually does in week two.

His desk covers the definitions and the distinctions: strategy versus management consulting, advisory versus consulting, consultant versus coach, agency versus consultancy, and what any of them are worth to a business deciding whether to bring outside help in at all.

16 articles by Daniel