Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first consultation was born when a man was trying to make a stronger point on his stone spearhead so that he could hunt and kill the peccaries that fed his clan. The stranger demonstrated that the point had to be ground on a harder rock, not a softer one. #2 The first management consultant was A. D. Little, founded in 1886 by a professor from MIT. It was mainly a technical research firm at the outset. Booz Allen Hamilton was founded by Edwin G. Booz of the Kellogg School at Northwestern University in 1914 and was the first to serve both industrial and governmental clients. -> The role of a consultant is to improve the client's condition. When we walk away from a client, the client's condition should be better than it was before we arrived. #3 The first management consultant was AD Little, founded in 1886 by a professor from MIT. It was mainly a technical research firm at the outset. Booz Allen Hamilton was founded by Edwin G. Booz of the Kellogg School at Northwestern University in 1914 and was the first to serve both industrial and governmental clients. #4 The first management consultant was AD Little, founded in 1886 by a professor from MIT. It was mainly a technical research firm at the outset. Booz Allen Hamilton was founded by Edwin G. Booz of the Kellogg School at Northwestern University in 1914 and was the first to serve both industrial and governmental clients.