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Managing Consultant Relationships
From: Five Good Ideas
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This chapter by David Pecaut focuses on understanding why you might need a consultant and how to create success with them.
Contributors
David Pecaut
David Pecaut (1955–2009) was one of Toronto’s great city builders and thought leaders. He served as senior partner and managing director in the Boston Consulting Group and co-founded the Canadian practice of bcg in Toronto in 1993. He was also the co-founder of Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, a multidisciplinary arts festival held each June. Beginning in 2002, David was the chair of the Toronto City Summit Alliance, a unique organization that convenes leaders from all sectors of civil society and philosophical perspectives to tackle regional economic, social development and environmental challenges. Under his leadership, tcsa championed a series of major region-building initiatives, including the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, the Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force and the Emerging Leaders Network. David went on to spearhead two subsequent major projects: Greening Greater Toronto and DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project. Declared ‘the greatest mayor we never had’ by the Toronto Star, David succumbed to cancer in 2009 at the age of 54.
