What’s it like being in the research and insights division at a consultancy? I’m applying for a role in the knowledge org at Boston Consulting Group. How does this compare to a consulting role? I’m assuming a lot less travel (if any), but would this be embedded in a client engagement? Or would it serve the whole firm in terms of conducting industry trend analysis, etc.

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So BCG has two tracks for its KT, client facing and topic activation. Both have utilization requirements, but CF is higher and in my experience usually involves being on at least one client (one KT I know who is no longer with the firm supported three teams with client work)

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It’s second tier to consulting on the general track

Rarely if ever embedded in case teams. Lots of responding to case team research requests.

This isn’t fully accurate - there are two tracks for KT, one of those tracks is client-facing and you work on a case team

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It’s a very internal role. If you enjoy and prefer to be client facing, no firm’s KM role is going to satisfy you. It’s different, not second tier like someone said above.

Thanks for the insights everyone! This has been super helpful to understand how the KT works with the case teams.

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