Twenty years ago, Jim Champy co-authored one of the most influential business books of all time. Re-engineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution sold more than 3 million copies and spent more than a year on The New York Times Best Seller list. The ideas in that book fueled the growth of many advisory firms, and indeed the entire consulting profession. Two decades later, Champy says those ideas are more important than ever. The reason? At a time when companies must now be more agile and responsive to market demands, many companies, in all sectors, find themselves frozen in the complexity of their technology and process… once again. So, what can we do about it? Champy will lay out his executive roadmap as part of his highly anticipated "Re-engineering Revisited: Why It's More Important Now Than Ever Before" presentation at the Consulting Summit in New York on Oct. 25. Champy recently sat down with Consulting One on One to discuss re-engineering's role today.
Consulting: So, how does re-engineering as you defined it two decades ago apply to today?
