A whole industry on the edge between irrelevant and firestarter? Here are Ten Insights for the next Ten Years.

1. FUTURE OF CONSULTING
10 Insights for the next 10 years

2. CAN YOU AGREE?
The consulting business is facing a similar reputation shift than
the advertising industry. Too many people are using buzzwords
to sound smart. Too many people are using methodology terms
without disciplined study of the background, the core and the
process. Too many consultants are stage savvy and not
backstage hungry. "Fake consulting" is harming the business.

3. MY PASSION
I WANT YOU TO WIN (as well).
Our only competition is time.

4. EXO-ONE
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gamechangers. 5 years ahead of technology. Loaded with
insights. Armed with arguments that have been proven and
challenged. Every week.

5. ACCELERATING CHANGE
In futures studies and the history of technology, accelerating
change is a perceived increase in the rate of technological
change throughout history, which may suggest faster and more
profound change in the future and may or may not be
accompanied by equally profound social and cultural change.
wikipedia

6. IN OTHER WORDS
Change forces (technology, environment, population,...)
are hitting in at exponential acceleration
and we are not ready for this.
Niki Skene

7. TIMELINE
yesterday, today and tomorrow.

8. INSIGHT 1: DON'T SIT IT OUT. DON'T WAIT, WATCH AND SEE.
SORT OF
PREDICTABLE
CHANGE.
<2000
DISRUPTERS SHAKE
UP INDUSTRIES.
DIAMANDIS 6DS
CRISIS
CHAOS
NEW ORDER
2000-2019 2020/2021 2021-2023 who will be part?

9. REMINDER BUSINESS
VS SOMETHING NEW
Rethink and reconsider existing tools. Ask yourself: why do I have to tell the same
narrative over and over? Non-adaption is a market signal.
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10. REMINDER BUSINESS
VS SOMETHING NEW
How can you rewire the brain? Think like a datacompany.
What are unintended consequences of Innovation?
Fall in love with the problem. identify painfactors. Experiment
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11. BE READY FOR
UNCOMFORTABLE
CONVERSATION
A transformation agent is not an activist. Pressure forces counter-pressure.
If your client agrees with your proposal, it is not radical enough.
02

12. FIRESTARTER
03

13. RESILIENCE IS A SHIELD
AND NOT A WEAPON
04
Get your client resilient/fit. And then make him embark radical change.
Being resilient is a prerequisite to sustain the transformation.

14. PROBLEMS NEED TO BE
SOLVED PRE-PROBLEM
Think 5 Years ahead of Technology.
Ask the one transformative Question:
05

15. WHO OF YOU THINKS,
3D PRINTING WILL PLAY
A MAJOR ROLE IN THE
FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE?
05 (EXAMPLE)

16. WHERE IS YOUR
3D PRINTER?
05 (EXAMPLE)

17. OLD GUYS RETROFIT
06

18. WHAT IS THE NR1
ADVANTAGE OF OEMS VS
TESLA?
06 (EXAMPLE)

19. STOCK. THE AMOUNT OF
CARS ON THE STREET.
06 (EXAMPLE)

20. OLD GUYS RETROFIT
YOUNG GUYS DATABUILD
06

21. A CAR IS A DEVICE ON
THE STREET.
06 (EXAMPLE)

22. GET OUT OF
HARDWARE BUSINESS
07
Hardware is the skeleton. Software is muscles and skin.
The future is platform, operating system and license.

23. 3 PILLARS OF A
SUCCESSFUL
Life • Company • Journey
08

24. 1: CALLING
The WHY. The reason. The Mission. The North Star....
08

25. 2: BELONGING
The Community • The Tribe • The Identity
08

26. 3: STORY
The ability to articulate your [ ]
08

27. RUTHLESS
PRIORITIZATION
FOLLOW THROUGH/ACTION OVER VOCABULARY.
09

28. 09
RUTHLESS PRIORITIZATION
MEANS PUTTING EMOTIONS
ASIDE AND REALIZING ALL THAT
MATTERS IS REACHING THE END
GOAL AND FULFILLING THE
INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL
CUSTOMERS' NEEDS.

29. FINALLY: BE YOU
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30. THANK YOU
Niki SKENE
ns@iacy.com
@nikiskene