I was extraordinarily naïve when I decided to go to business school to become a consultant This is an anti-naiveté primer on a consulting career.
So You Wanna Be a Consultant?
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Consulting
OK Newbie, Listen Up!
New Job? In Consulting? This is advice for new management consultants, but those starting off in other jobs might get some...
Two Way Mirror: Beyond Finger Pointing
An exercise to resolve intergroup conflict -with two case examples
Ten Favorite Questions of a Process Consultant
Process consultants ask questions Content consultants, experts provide answers. They assume the client knows what he is...
How to “Feel” CI in 30 Minutes?
Some Just “Don’t Get Continuous Improvement (CI)” I was always dumfounded. I used to say “Continuous Improvement (CI) isn’t...
To Framework or Not to Framework
That is the question Frameworks, models, matrixes, and matrices (and yes, both plural forms of matrix are correct) are...
Leading
Review: Becoming Unbelievably Successful, by John Knotts
A workbook won’t work unless you do the work
Weird Thinking, Org. Design and Super Asymmetry
Unthink, a book I read, reminds me ofr a presentation I made tweny years ago and gives a peek inside the squirrel cage that is my mind. . .😊
Eastland and Westland Views
Two communities in the mountains are similar, but different.
Preparing to Lead Change
What’s next? Sentient robots and flying cars? Lessons on leading change.
The Vision Thing
Visions are powerful, but not always the answer
Merger Signs of Impending Disaster
Seventy percent of mergers fail* to create value that is greater than the sum of the parts. So how do you know if your...
Living
The Ages of Man
Looking at the ages of a life from the ancient Greeks till today
Happy New Year!
January 1st – isn’t everyone’s new year, but whenever we each celebrate it the New Year is a time of reflection and intention.
Boxing Day
Ruminations on the day after Christmas
Holiday Card Winner
We got a wonderful card, which set my mind wandering amd wondering. . .
Why, Aesop?
We experience Aesop’s Fables as children, but there is wisdom for a lifetime.
Paradigms Lost
I’m not really a rant-kinda-guy, No, really I’m not . . . but. . .
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