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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Watson & Sons became the prime advisor to the British government on social insurance programs. The practice areas at Towers Watson reflect the operational nature of consulting projects at the firm: Communication and Change Management. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. In the mid-1990s, R.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. Would our health insurance programs include their doctors and hospitals?

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Marketing and sales, manufacturing, recruiting (including people assessment), customer service, and support are all fields that can benefit from artificial intelligence according to McKinsey’s recent research. Companies are both operators and investors. Analytics are growing in every business function and industry.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

We recruited a panel of expert judges (see the list below), who evaluated the companies through the lens of their own expertise and gauged which transformations were most durable and had the highest impact in their industries.

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The 5 Things Your AI Unit Needs to Do

Harvard Business

This role is about understanding through quick, small AI pilots how to develop or adopt cognitive technologies to the company’s business and operational models. This is the case at German insurance company Allianz, which funded Europe’s first global AI equity fund to position itself as a “pioneer in AI investments.”

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