Internships that Can Involve Foresight Work – A Starter List
Organizational foresight leaders and previous leaders (“prev.”) are listed below in bold, where known. Check LinkedIn Advanced Search, using org name and relevant foresight terms (strategy, foresight, forecasting, design, innovation, scenarios, etc.), org site search, (site:domainname searchstring) and general Google search to find current and past foresight leaders at each org. Use multiple negatives to eliminate urls or terms you don’t want, and use quotes to get exact phrases, like “strategic foresight” and “future of”.
Company | Distinguishing Strength | What Company Wants | Locations |
A.T. Kearney | Superlative strategy service | 3rd-4th yr college; MBA? | Italy, Northern Europe,etc. |
Accenture | One of the world’s largest (152,000+) | 3rd-4th yr college & 1st-2nd yr MBA | on-site around the world |
Advisory Board Company | Big-name healthcare specialists | 3rd-4th yr college; MBA | Washington, DC |
Alvarez & Marsal | Turnaround! | ~ | ~ |
Analysis Group, Inc | Independent assessments and economic “Analysis” | (serious economists: “perpetual students”) | ~ |
Aon Consulting Worldwide | Premier human capital and management | early, rotational, and direct development programs | ~ |
Bain & Company | Strategy: “a slightly different angle” | 3rd-4th yr college & 1st yr MBA: “high degree of enthusiasm/motivation” | nearly all offices (30+) |
BearingPoint Inc. | Management & technology; public company | ~ | ~ |
Booz Allen Hamilton | Giant–private and government–worldwide | “best and brightest” MBA & advanced degrees | many local offices |
Boston Consulting Group | Management consulting–generalists | ~ | ~ |
Cambridge Associates LLC | Financial & investment advice to institutions: universities; nonprofits; pensions; governments | ~ | ~ |
Capgemini | Technology and outsourcing: “collaborative” | ~ | ~ |
Cornerstone Research | Complex litigation support; testimony: “where lawyers go for counsel” | 3rd-4th yr college: “summer analysts”; 1st-2nd yr MBA or PhD candidates: “summer associates” | select offices in the US |
Corporate Executive Board | Membership network; research sharing | options: client support; website; corporate finance | London, UK |
CRA International, Inc. | Disputes between giants, public and private | ~ | ~ |
Deloitte Consulting LLP | Returning from trouble to financial health | ~ | ~ |
Diamond Mgmt & Tech Consultants | “Best technology consultants” | ~ | on-site |
First Manhattan Consulting Group | “All senior executives at major financial institutions” | 3rd-4th yr college | mostly NY; some in Melbourne |
FTI Consulting, Inc | Rescue specialists; litigation support and prevention | ~ | ~ |
Gallup Consulting | People-centered deep research background | 3rd-4th yr college:accounting;; development; technical projects; MBA or PhD candidates: World Poll internship (not consulting) | Omaha; Princeton or Washington DC |
Hewitt Associates | Human Resources “trailblazer” | ~ | ~ |
Huron Consulting Group | Financial/operating “rescue services” | ~ | ~ |
IBM Global Services | Big Blue: from computers to services | ~ | ~ |
Katzenbach Partners LLC | Megaclients; executives; nonhierarchical | MBA for “summer associates”: curiosity, multidisciplinary, leadership; “sustained record of achievements”. Highly selective. | NY, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco |
Kurt Salmon Associates | Retail/health care/corporate financial | 3rd-4th yr college; MBA? | ~ |
L.E.K. Consulting | Finance/strategy/leisure market/biotech | ~ | ~ |
LECG | Legal testimony/litigation support | ~ | ~ |
Lippincott | Branding; “customer experience mapping” | 3rd-4th yr college & 1st-2nd yr MBA; brand identity OR retail practice | ~ |
Marakon Associates | “Elite, boutique” strategy | Relatively small number: 3rd-4th yr college & MBA | London, NY, Chicago, San Francisco, Singapore |
Mars & Co | Exclusive loyalty to select clients | ~ | ~ |
McKinsey & Company | “The Firm”–most desirable employer | ~ | ~ |
Mercer HR Consulting | Human Resources–largest firm | 3rd-4th yr college & 1st-2nd yr MBA | on-site “attend all sessions” |
Monitor Group | Financial/strategy | ~ | ~ |
Navigant Consulting, Inc. | Helping companies navigate through change | 3rd-4th yr college “summer associates”: engineering, economics, finance | US, Canada, and the UK |
NERA Economic Consulting | Economic analysis and advice; litigation | ~ | ~ |
Oliver Wyman | Three companies in one | intelligent, analytical, and highly motivated | ~ |
Parthenon Group | Small/selective/loyal/strategy | 3rd-4th yr college & 1st-yr MBA: “extremely selective” | on-site |
PRTM | “Innovation” (for senior executives) | ~ | ~ |
Putnam Associates | Health care strategy: pharmaceutical & biotech | ~ | ~ |
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants | Powerful German strategy firm; political | 3rd-4th yr college “internships”; MBAs “summer associate positions” | Troy, Michigan |
Towers Perrin | HR/benefits/pensions; financial; catastrophe risk management | ~ | ~ |
Watson Wyatt Worldwide | Human Resources: global | 3rd-4th yr college & 1st-2nd yr MBA; depends on practice & office | on-site around the world |
ZS Associates | Sales Territory innovators; academic atmosphere | 3rd-4th yr college: “business analyst interns”; 1st-2nd yr MBA: “summer associates” | Paris and Frankfurt; all locations |
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