There is something strikingly uncommon about Blue Slate.

It begins with the partners. Before founding Blue Slate in 2000, they held executive positions in global concerns such as General Electric and Phillip Morris, as well as numerous startups. To help complex organizations solve their complex challenges, they knew they needed an uncommon team: one with unrivaled expertise in Blue Slate's specialties — IT and business process — and exceptional breadth of experience.

Today, that team includes a cross-section of more than 70 people. They come from senior positions in health care and financial services, insurance and engineering, education and retail. At Blue Slate, they use their skills in IT, business rules automation, data integration, and business strategy.

This allows Blue Slate to work with clients in an uncommon way: building relationships long before any need arises, then creating a highly customized team for each need when it does arise—a team with precisely the right background for the issue at hand. The resulting solutions enable clients to reach entirely new levels of productivity, efficiency, and profitability. That may be the most uncommon thing of all.