{"product_id":"the-accidental-partner-edy-j-widjaja-9789819472147","title":"The Accidental Partner: Fifteen Years Inside Elite Consulting A Memoir of the Unscheduled Curriculum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA career that almost never happened. A book about the people who made it happen anyway.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdy Widjaja spent fifteen years inside elite management consulting, rising from an overlooked research scientist with zero interviews to Senior Partner advising top executives across Southeast Asia. The Accidental Partner is his account of the career that almost didn't happen - built not on a flawless plan, but on the people who chose to help him when they didn't have to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before he ever sat in a boardroom, Edy learned to read a customer's needs from behind the counter of his parents' nine-square-meter provision shop in Jakarta. That same instinct, it turned out, was the one his MBA never taught him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book follows both educations at once - the corporate one, and the human one underneath it - through calibration rooms, cold client cafeterias, and one quiet morning in a funeral home that changed how he understood the people he worked for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside, you'll find: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe unwritten rules nobody teaches you in your first eighteen months of corporate life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat it actually means to earn - and keep - a seat at the table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe weight that arrives with a leadership title, whether or not anyone warns you it's coming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat it takes to build an institution from a single ethernet cable and a rented room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part field guide to the unwritten rules of a high-performance career, The Accidental Partner is written for anyone who has ever wondered whether they belong at the table they finally got a seat at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA finger pointed across a crowded room. A manager who never let him take the empty seat next to a stranger. A CEO who walked back into an empty boardroom to ask a junior consultant how he'd done.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery copy includes a Discussion \u0026amp; Workshop Guide - built for team debriefs, book clubs, and leadership cohorts who want to take this further than reading alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll proceeds from this book support education access for underserved children in Indonesia, along with scholarship support and mental health initiatives - causes shaped by the book's own themes of mentorship, learning, and the toll of overwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edy J. Widjaja\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9819472148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789819472147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Widjaja Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Edy J. Widjaja","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174525214975,"sku":"9789819472147","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85d41de2-14ec-427b-a145-bc7ae576c88d.jpg?v=1788960086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-accidental-partner-edy-j-widjaja-9789819472147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}