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Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which is directly or indirectly attributable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (that is, noncontrolling interest, previously referred to as minority interest).

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Decrease in noncontrolling interest balance from payment of dividends or other distributions by the non-wholly owned subsidiary or partially owned entity, included in the consolidation of the parent entity, to the noncontrolling interest holders.

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Net Increase or Decrease in balance of noncontrolling interest in the subsidiary during the reporting period.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount before tax, after reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, attributable to noncontrolling interests.

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Amount of decrease to net income for accretion of temporary equity to its redemption value to derive net income apportioned to common stockholders.

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PA Consulting Business Combination - Change in Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Oct. 01, 2021	Oct. 01, 2021	Oct. 02, 2020	Sep. 27, 2019	Mar. 02, 2021
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other			$ (44,372)	$ (41,032)	$ (15,555)
Noncontrolling interest, Ending balance		$ 34,796	34,796	39,955
Preferred redeemable noncontrolling interests redemption value adjustment	$ 57,300		57,307	$ 0	$ 0
PA Consulting Employees
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Fair value of redeemable noncontrolling interests at acquisition						$ 581,119
Cumulative Accrued Preferred Dividend to Preference Shareholders		40,204
Noncontrolling interests - distributions and other		(40,204)
Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest to Common Shareholders		(85,414)
Redeemable Noncontrolling interests redemption value adjustment		175,183
Cumulative translation adjustment and other		(13,166)
Noncontrolling interest, Ending balance		$ 657,722	$ 657,722
PA Consulting Employees \| B Ordinary Shares
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Roll Forward]
Preferred redeemable noncontrolling interests redemption value adjustment	$ 117,900