# Digital Disruption of the Consulting Industry

1 Research Highlights May 13, 2015Professor [Natalia Levina](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/natalia-levina) sheds light on the potential disruption of perhaps one of the more unexpected industries: consulting. Her research shows that online crowdsourcing platforms are now capable of bringing the sheer breadth of ideas to an organization, once considered the bailiwick of innovation consultancies.