Steve Shu's Blog



Accenture Starts Corporate Blog

Although I had mentioned in the past that Accenture Netherland's had started a blog podium for its employees, I recently discovered that Accenture now has a global corporate blog (apparently started January 23, 2007 after my updated post on management...

Musings On Article Citing Americans Hating Their Jobs

MSNBC had an interesting article last month which cited that American job satisfaction hit new lows, especially for younger workers. Although it is hard to make inferences from articles like these for a number of reasons, the following items struck...

New Adventures - Likely Moving West

We'll be moving West to Los Angeles (probably during the summer) as my wife will likely taking a visiting professorship at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Once she starts, this will be the fourth business school environment she will...

Killer Pictures And Answering The "So What" Question In Management Consulting

Analytical Engine has an excellent post/illustration that demonstrates what many management consultants strive to create for their clients as far as presentations and analyses go: Creating The Killer Picture - A picture is worth a thousand words. Summarizing a complex...

Made-To-Order Business School Curriculums

Gautam Ghosh points to and comments on an article related to made-to-order business school curriculums. Gautam comments:I'm not so sure whether such a trend is good or not. Sure, it gives a focus and builds knowledge about a particular industry,...

On Structured Problem Solving and Consulting

Indian Blogger has a good post on structured problem solving as it relates to consulting. The post is based on a summary of a session by an Arthur D Little strategy consultant. I would like to add a few comments...

A Problem With Lessons Of Wants Versus Needs

As young children, we are often educated about the difference between wants and needs. Needs are basic things like food, clothing, and shelter that are required. Wants, on the other hand, are things that people desire but are optional, like...

World Wild Web

Some of the wildest technology news I noted from the past year: Green glowing pigs Researchers slowing down light with possible usage as storage technology 500Ghz frozen computer chips with the possibility of 1 Terahertz computer chips The last one...

A Potential Bias of Management Consultants Versus Investment Bankers

One of these tends to believe that all companies can be fixed. The other tends to believe that some companies cannot be fixed. What do you think? What's your makeup or tendency?...

What A Sample Management Consulting Deliverable Looks Like

It relatively easy to find white papers, articles, magazine publications, etc. by management consulting firms. While these vehicles can be excellent sources of information, they tend shed light on either the thought leadership, research base, and/or marketing aspects of consulting...