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Pyramid, diamond, pod: Evolution of consulting business

Business

Pyramid, diamond, pod: Evolution of consulting business

Every professional services firm on earth is secretly the same company. McKinsey, the Big Four, the global SIs, the boutique agency down the street. Strip the branding, and you find one shape: a pyramid. A partner at the top whose judgment wins the work, a layer of managers who structure it, and a wide base […] The post Pyramid, diamond…

Climate action must stay on the global agenda

World

Climate action must stay on the global agenda

For millions of people in Europe , August is traditionally a month for rest and relaxation. This summer, however, has been one many would prefer to forget. From southern France to Spain and Portugal, about 300,000 people were evacuated as wildfires blazed amid scorching temperatures.

Two gas utilities to become five

World

Two gas utilities to become five

ISLAMABAD: The government is once again finalising plans to unbundle the country’s two gas utilities into five smaller companies — one transmission company and four provincial distribution firms — on…

AI

TCS and Infosys think they can profit from AI paranoia

The post TCS and Infosys think they can profit from AI paranoia appeared first on The Ken .

  • 60% of Digitate clients prefer locally hosted AI tools
  • Data security concerns deter clients from adopting Ignio
  • IT-services firms exploit trust gap to offer AI solutions
Venus Isn't Dead After All

Science

Venus Isn't Dead After All

Simulations conducted by researchers at ETH Zurich suggest a strong likelihood that Venus’s rift valleys are still geologically active rather than being mere relics of a bygone era, as had been…

Health & Medicine

Onshoring Is Here. The Hiring Wave Is Still a Decade Out

Building a highly technical, highly regulated pharmaceutical facility takes years, and we are in the part of the cycle where the work is physical, not scientific.

  • Pharmaceutical companies invested $370B in U.S. facilities since 2025.
  • Hiring surge for physical roles hasn't materialized yet.
  • Scientific workforce hiring expected within a decade.
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