Is there a consultancy out there that is focused more on delivering products, solutions and agile outcomes rather than getting hung up on reams of PowerPoint slides and decks after decks that just say the things client might want to hear with tons of micro level management of the language? Please let me know because I am at the end of my tether. Do I need to move to industry? I love the variety of consulting but tired of playing language and graphics games...

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Perhaps think about working in implementation consulting?

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I work in Digital Products Management at Accenture and that's what we do

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Haven't touched PowerPoint since I joined.

Mainly using JIRA to write user stories, manage project and a couple of tools for agile ceremonies

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Implementation consulting or agencies do this type of work but PowerPoint isn't entirely absent. It's also compensated less than traditional consulting work.

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I see PowerPoint as a communication tool, but not as a deliverable in itself. When the communication with the client becomes an end in itself, nothing is getting accomplished per se, it’s just influencing and aligning all the time. Which means there is no real work just politics and extending the duration of the engagement.

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Your question should be what type of consulting vs which firms.

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You can try in-house consulting. While you will be making slides, but in most cases you will be responsible for the delivery rather than just recommendation in the PPT

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Yes lots - find the delivery side of consulting organizations (operations, technology, product, etc)

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Not really in delivery and yet making tons of slides and dancing around what the client think they might want versus what they critically need or needed like yesterday

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“Delivering products, solutions and agile outcomes” sounds like you read it off a PowerPoint

Exactly my point - PowerPoint has its uses but is not the be all and end all of a consultant’s toolkit or existence.

Types of consulting implies the types of firms, no?

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