Jump Associates recently sent a team to India, and I had the chance to talk with Pete Mortensen about innovation, India, and how their work is aimed not just at developing new clients for Jump, but also on expanding global markets.
Here’s edited excerpts from our conversation that I think are particularly important as we consider […]

Here’s an incomplete draft of my take on the 2007 Business and Design Landscape (pdf). As an update to my previous 2005 / 2006 versions of the business design playing field, this includes not just consulting firms, but also schools, events, publications, and corporate groups.
It also loses the rating scale of business vs. design mindshare […]

Friends Robin, Michael, and Ian launched Torch Partnership earlier this year in Toronto, and now have a Torch website and a blog - Torch is Wicked. Meeting Robin and Michael at Overlap was a blast, and I’m looking forward to great things from the trio.

That’s the newish tagline for Mercer Management Consulting. This reflects a focus on what they’re calling business design for the past several years…but I’m not seeing much design perspective or mindset in reading their work, like this issue of the Mercer Management Journal on business design.
Business Design == Business Model? Organizational Design?
From the issue:

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This is a little project of mine as I keep tabs on consultants related to business and design - looking at business consulting and design consulting credibility, and how they intersect.

What firms are missing?

So in looking at this space, I’ve been thinking about the firms that embrace design thinking and integrate business and design to move beyond simple form and function. I’ve started with consulting firms - so here’s a very rough take on how some consulting firms stack up on the business and design front. These are […]