Whisper if you want people to listen

"You’re never going to get fired for signing with Accenture or PwC". That was the opinion quietly voiced by a partner from a small, buy-side-focused consultancy when I asked why asset managers still contract ‘big five’ consultancies for specialist decision-support and implementations.

"It boils down to the issue of safety first," he said. "If, as an IT director, you use a niche player for a complex project and it goes down the pan, the board will make sure that heads roll, and the first one to