The Expertise Imperative
Access to a diverse array of specialized expert inputs drives superior decisions in every organizational context: within corporations, by investors and consultancies, and within nonprofits. When decision makers are confident of their decision inputs, they can respond more quickly and creatively to challenges and opportunities.
The Importance of an Expert Mosaic
A diversity of expert opinions is exponentially better than one. A team of qualified experts, with each member providing an independent perspective, will produce more accurate and complete results. This methodology generates 'leapfrog' insights, recognition of under-appreciated risks, and drives decision-makers to higher levels of understanding.
Providing access to multiple knowledge-providers on any client question requires a vast and dynamic expert network, like the GLG Councils. To continually refresh this reservoir of suitable and qualified experts, GLG has invested in the worlds largest expert recruiting infrastructure and most scalable expert contracting systems.
Learn more about the membership and contracting systems of the GLG Councils.
A Thoughtful Framework for Engagements
The value of tapping specialized expertise should be tempered by an awareness of its limitations. The notion of entirely unencumbered collaborations may be attractive, but any valuable knowledge-provider will have important obligations that shape, constrain and often prohibit a particular knowledge exchange. Both sides of every interaction must accept and enforce these restrictions. The long-term efficacy of primary research ultimately depends on the ability of experts and researchers to manage the inevitable conflicts that arise.
Even interactions with qualified and contracted GLG Council Members must be governed by rules driving appropriate engagement. In order to efficiently facilitate adherence to those rules, all engagements through GLG occur in a system that includes systematic reminders, disclosures and tools for managerial oversight.
Learn more about GLGs engagement solutions and conflict management systems.
Empowering Clients with Technology
Gerson Lehrman Group provides the benefits of expert interaction along with regular reinforcement of the limits of appropriate engagement. Through a framework of contracts, reminders, vetting processes and tracking tools, GLG has embedded in its system a Standard of Conduct for the engagement and use of outside independent experts.
GLG's client oversight tools facilitate its clients processes for vetting experts and approving interactions and the implementation of proprietary compliance requirements. GLG provides every client firm with a personalized Oversight Dashboard. Through this web-based software, clients can monitor all consulting activity, control or constrain certain assignments, and limit access to particular consultants.
Learn more about GLGs technology-driven client service and web applications.