Consulting Magazine Announces Edie Weiner as Keynote Speaker for Industry Summit;

Accenture To Acquire Digital Engineering Firm Objectivity;

Slalom Expands European Presence with Dublin Office;
Bain & Company Forms Partnership with Ashling Partners;

New Team and Firm Award Categories Added for Women Leaders in Consulting 2023;

Webinar: Is Your ERP Outdated? – Reviewing and Evaluating Critical Factors of Your Current ERP

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Consulting Magazine Announces Edie Weiner as Keynote Speaker for Industry Summit in NYC. Edie Weiner, President and CEO of The Future Hunters, one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms is acknowledged as one of the most influential practitioners of social, technological, political and economic intelligence-gathering, will present the keynote topic, The Future of Work is Here Now: Applying a Human First Approach to the Workforce, for the 2023 Consulting Industry Summit, Sept. 14 in NYC.

Accenture To Acquire Digital Engineering Firm Objectivity. Acquisition to expand platform engineering capabilities in Europe. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Objectivity, a digital engineering firm specializing in cloud and platform development services that help clients accelerate their transformation journey for rapid innovation. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Slalom Expands European Presence with Dublin Office. Global business and technology consulting company, Slalom, Has announced the opening of its new office in Dublin.
Located on St. Stephen’s Green, this will be Slalom’s first office in Ireland, following the firm’s impressive growth to multiple cities in Europe. Originally launching in Seattle in 2001, Slalom has since grown organically to 45 markets across eight countries worldwide.

Bain & Company Forms Partnership with Ashling Partners. Bain & Company has announced a strategic alliance with Ashling Partners, a leading global provider of automation consulting and implementation services and an industry-recognized expert leader in these fields. Bain is also directly investing in Ashling to deepen its collaboration with a key partner in Bain’s Vector℠ digital practices. Ashling is backed by THL, a premier private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies.

New Team and Firm Award Categories Added for Women Leaders in Consulting 2023. The nomination period for Consulting Magazine’s Women Leaders in Consulting 2023 is open, but what you may not know is that three new categories have been added. The three new categories are team/firm categories seeking successful women-led teams in DEI and ESG programming as well as firms doing the best job retaining female professionals.

Webinars and Programming

Webinar: Is Your ERP Outdated? – Reviewing and Evaluating Critical Factors of Your Current ERP and Managing Change.  Considering the state of your current ERP system is an important question for professional service organizations looking to improve their business operations and streamline processes. Understanding how to address effective change management practices, including training and support for employees, to ensure a smooth transition can help companies make informed decisions about updating their ERP systems and minimizing the risk associated with this process.

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