{"id":52756,"date":"2025-03-06T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/?post_type=podcasts_smcs&#038;p=52756"},"modified":"2025-03-06T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:49:29","slug":"internal-consulting-groups","status":"publish","type":"podcasts_smcs","link":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/podcasts_smcs\/internal-consulting-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Consulting Groups: An Underrated Lever to Optimize Consulting Spend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Internal Consulting Groups: An Underrated Lever to Optimize Consulting Spend\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gab5PuLL10c?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Companies spend billions on external consultants, but is there a better way? In this episode of Smart Consulting Sourcing, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Lafitte, CEO of Consulting Quest, explores the growing trend of Internal Consulting Groups and how they can serve as a powerful strategic asset. Far from being just a cost-cutting measure, internal consulting helps organizations retain knowledge, develop future leaders, and optimize consulting spend without sacrificing expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Discover how leading companies like Siemens and BASF have leveraged internal teams to drive transformation and why striking the right balance between internal and external consultants is key. Don\u2019t miss this insightful episode\u2014tune in now and rethink how your organization approaches consulting!<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore how Internal Consulting Groups help companies retain knowledge, develop leaders, and optimize consulting spend without sacrificing expertise. Learn how top firms like Siemens and BASF leverage internal teams for transformation. Tune in now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":52757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[209],"class_list":["post-52756","podcasts_smcs","type-podcasts_smcs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scs-podcast"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts_smcs\/52756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts_smcs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcasts_smcs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}