Our growth journey, specialist approach and perspective on the future of consulting
Our Co-Founder and Managing Partner Olly Purnell speaks to City AM about building Q5 as a challenger to traditional consulting, the shifts reshaping the industry and the opportunities ahead. The interview explores our growth, our specialist approach to organisational performance and Olly’s perspective on the impact of AI.
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Our Co-Founder and Managing Partner Olly Purnell recently featured in City AM, sharing his perspective on our growth journey and the changes taking place across the consulting industry.
The interview looks at how we’ve grown since we were founded in 2009, and the ambition that has taken us from a five-person consultancy to the global business we are today. Olly reflects on the entrepreneurial mindset behind our beginnings and what it takes to build a genuine challenger in an established market.
The conversation also looks at the future of consulting. As AI changes how organisations operate and challenges some of the industry’s more traditional ways of working, Olly considers where the greatest opportunities lie. Our focus remains on specialist advisory work and organisational performance, helping organisations respond to change and become healthier and higher performing.
Looking ahead, we want to continue growing and expanding our reach while holding on to the things that have shaped us from the beginning: our staff-owned model, entrepreneurial culture, specialist expertise and commitment to doing things differently.
We’re proud to see Olly featured so prominently in City AM, contributing to the wider conversation about where consulting is heading and what the future could look like for specialist advisory firms like ours.
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As we continue to grow, we’re always looking for talented people who want to help us build healthier, higher-performing organisations and shape what comes next.
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We are all about organisational health, which separates good organisations from the great. Whether our clients are at the top of their game (and want to remain there) or are in ‘turnaround’ mode, we all need to work on our organisational health.
Whatever the situation, be it a strategic conundrum, a market opportunity, or an operational gripe, we combine the art and science of organisational health to help our clients improve and excel.
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