Using Chinese Wisdom to Rekindle Strategy Consulting

Xie, Weishan

doi:10.2478/mcj-2023-0011

Abstract

Strategy consulting has plateaued since 1995, argues former Harvard Business Review editorial Walter Kiechel III. Kmind, the top Chinese strategy consulting firm, has found the spark to reignite the industry: Oriental wisdom. By repeatedly transforming firms from obscurity to market leaders by directly implementing their solutions, they provide a solid proof-of-concept for the next generation of strategic consulting.

References

Kiechel, W. (2010). The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World. Boston: Harvard Business Press.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Mintzberg, H., Ahlstrand, B., & Lampel, J. (2005). Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management. New York: The Free Press.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Zedong, M. (1993). Mao Zedong’s Poetry Selection (Chinese-English) (Y. Xu, Trans.). Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Sun Tzu. (1988). The Art of War (T. Cleary, Trans.). Shambhala Publications. (Original work published ca. 500 B.C.E.)
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Sun Tzu. (1910). The Art of War (L. Giles, Trans.). Academy of Ancient Texts. https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/chinese/artwar.html (Original work published ca. 500 B.C.E.)
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
State Council of The People’s Republic of China. (2022, February 28). Zhonghua renmin gongheguo 2021 nian guomin jingji he shehui fazhan tongji gongbao [Statistical communique of The People’s Republic of China on national economic and social development in 2021]. Retrieved from http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-02/28/content_5676015.htm
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
State Council of The People’s Republic of China. (2022, January 17). 2021 nian quan nian shehui xiaofeipin lingshou zong’e chao 44 wan yi yuan [The total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 44 trillion yuan in 2021]. Retrieved from http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-01/17/content_5668985.htm
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
State Council of The People’s Republic of China. (2022, November 28). Shi xing baogao: Zhongguo jingji shi nian dui shijie jingji zengzhang gongxian lü chao G7 zonghe [World Bank report: China’s economy has had a higher contribution rate to world economic growth than the summation of G7 countries over the past decade]. Retrieved from http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-11/28/content_5729266.htm
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
National Bureau of Statistics (China). (2022, January 18). Zhaotonglu: Jingji chixu wending huifu “shisiwu” shixian lianghao kaiju [Zhao Tonglu: The economy continues to stabilize and recover, and the “14th Five-Year Plan” has achieved a good start]. Retrieved from http://www.stats.gov.cn/xxgk/jd/sjjd2020/202201/t20220118_1826602.html
Search in Google Scholar Back to article

Using Chinese Wisdom to Rekindle Strategy Consulting

Abstract

Paradigm

My account