Smart Consulting Sourcing
Each week Hélène Laffitte, consulting sourcing expert and CEO of Consulting Quest, gives you the keys to better use, manage, and source consulting services.
Podcast Description
Each week Hélène Laffitte, consulting sourcing expert and CEO of Consulting Quest, gives you the keys to better use, manage, and source consulting services.
Episodes

Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
11 min
When you launch a project, you know that assigning an independent task force can bring focus, speed, which is sometimes enough for the success of a project. Lets see what could be your options.
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains how Make or buy strategy looks like for the consulting category.

Oct 26, 2020
Oct 26, 2020
7 min
Consultants can bring value to their clients that can be eiher technical or political. And it is important to measure that value.But how do you that exactly?
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains how to measure the performance of a consulting project.

Oct 22, 2020
What’s the right time to work with consultants?
Oct 22, 2020
Oct 22, 2020
12 min
Working with consultants can help client organizations to accelerate their projects. But when is the right time to work with consultants?
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte & Laurent Thomas discuss value creation and timing when working with consultants.

Oct 12, 2020
How the consulting industry is evolving?
Oct 12, 2020
Oct 12, 2020
7 min
Companies are improving the way they source their consultants, the industry itself is evolving. Let's look at why and how.
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains how the consulting industry is evolving

Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020
7 min
In order to launch a consulting project, you will need to put several skills and experiences that are often spread out over several departments. Here are 3 phases of the high-level process.
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains who does what in the Consulting sourcing process.

Oct 1, 2020
How to implement Demand Management ?
Oct 1, 2020
Oct 1, 2020
9 min
There are several metodologies that can generate value for companies and Demand management is one of them . But what is Demand management exactly?
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains how to implement Demand Management for the Consulting category

Sep 15, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
7 min
Today Hélène is welcoming Laurent Thomas, EVP Oil & Gas at Solvay Novecare & former Senior Partner at Oliver Wyman who will tell us where to focus in the consulting sourcing process. On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains where to focus in the Consulting Sourcing Process. #sourcing #consulting #smartconsultingsourcing

Sep 15, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
10 min
Sometimes it is important to understand what your options are before defining your requirements. You can look for consultants before or after writing your RFP, depending on how well you can define your needs…On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains how to find new consulting providers for your projects. #sourcing #consulting #smartconsultingsourcing

Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020
9 min
When you write an RFP, You want to make sure that you will get solid proposals from your short-listed providers so that you can choose the best fit for you. Do you hire the right team? What are the results you are expecting?
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains what are the main pitfalls when writing an RFP for Consulting.

Jul 16, 2020
How to monitor the consulting category?
Jul 16, 2020
Jul 16, 2020
7 min
It may sound obvious, but you won’t see the benefits of your consulting unless you measure the impact. What elements to monitor? How to segment your category? How to define the targets? How to track the results?
On this week’s Smart consulting Sourcing podcast, Consulting Sourcing Expert Hélène Laffitte explains how to monitor the consulting category.
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