At parties, when they find out I used to be a consultant, either tell me consulting jokes, or tell me they’re thinking about retiring to consult -part time. This is what I tell them.https://
Retiring to Consult
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Consulting
The Timetables of Consulting History
The last 50 years including the period of my consulting career exploded with change. It ain’t over yet.
Will AI Unleash Consultants?
A late adopter ponders AI changes to consulting.
Consultant, Coach, Advisor
Three job titles, definitions and ruminations.
People-Centric Consulting
People -centric consulting in the age of AI
Overcoming Misconceptions
Disabusing us of some common misconceptions including those of consulting and change
Leading
What I Got Wrong About Change
What learning guitar taught me about change
Is Every Decision Either/Or?
A New York cabbie reminds me of the fallacy of binary choice.
How Theatre Taught Me to Lead Change
My granddaughter’s theatre camp performance reminds me of my superpower as a change consultant
The Curse of the Entrepreneur
Is entrepreneurship like the mummy’s curse? Maybe.
Romeo, Tango, Oscar? Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot!
Examining the Return-to-Office debate
When Change Doesn’t
What to do when faced with one of the 70% of change initiatives that fail.
Living
Watches, and My Quest to Understand Time
Did you ever wonder what time is? I asked Aaron who repairs my watch collection.
Peace in the Valley
What can we learn from this story of a high mountain valley with unusual ways
Does All This Productivity Really GSD?
Whatever Happened to Boredom? What have we lost to busy-ness and getting stuff done?
Retirement is Wasted on Old People
I dreamed of retirement my whole life. Now, I’m not sure I’m really retired.
Joe Btfsplk, Mister Myxzptlk, P.I.C.N.I.C., Electronics and Me
So, you think you have trouble with technology? Computers may hate me. I might be a walking electrostatic generator. What do you think?
Is It Too Late to Learn the Art of Waiting?
Over their lifetimes Americans spend 2-3 years waiting; that’s not getting better. We should learn to wait more productively.
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