Ownet’s Managing Partner, Jeremy James on how the SME developed its unique approach to consultancy.
12 Sep 2019, 5 min read
Why did you set up your business?
Ownet focuses on Change and Transformation, and we launched the business in 2016 after seeing the growth of disruptive and collaborative business models in other sectors. We believed they could be adapted to the professional services sector, as a way of providing more loyal consultants to help companies better focus on their customers and reduce risk during times of change.
As with most new business ideas this grew from experience, research and discussing ideas that were then modelled and tested. Our research with trusted clients was incredibly insightful. We asked three questions in our interviews:
- When and why would you engage a third-party professional services firm?
- What is important to you when you engage a professional services firm?
- What frustrates you about the professional services firms you have engaged?
The responses to these informed a lot about how we structured the business and we constantly refer back to this as a reminder o
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