"Consultant for thirty-seven years? What? You couldn’t find a real job?” Bada bing. I was at a wedding yelling to be heard...
Is Consulting a Real Job?
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Consulting
Demystifying Strategy for Consulting Newbies
Strategy consulting has a golden aura. Strategy consulting has a glow, a mystique, and definitely prestige for most new...
Thought Leadership (vs. a leader in your mind)
Thought leadership is a phrase that is overused in consulting. I first encountered it at the Forum Corporation as a...
The Gatekeeper
The man was old. His skin was lined and brown like tooled leather. His clothes were worn but well mended. They now fit him...
Dark and Sunny
The brothers were close in age, identical twins in fact, born two minutes apart. This was a source of pride and pain as the...
The Entry Learning Curve
“Tell me, what did you learn?” It was the last team meeting of my first consulting project. The team was entirely composed...
Leading
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...
R U a but-head?
A simple linguistic device can bring people together and generate more ideas.
Review: Inside the Mind of Timothy Leary by George H. Litwin PhD
A fun and fascinating read on early psychedelic research “My book about Tim is up on Amazon. I hope you’ll read it and if...
“Do Whatcha Gotta Do”
My second boss taught me an important leadership lesson
Learn to Follow?
Leaders and Followers co-create change. I wish I’d learned earlier to be a better follower.
How Real Leaders Hire Consultants
“Only weak leaders hire consultants” said one CEO. Yet despite some negative views of the professions continue to hire and get results from consultants. Here’s how. . .
Living
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. . .
It’s Thanksgiving, Be Positive!
I try to be more grateful at Thanksgiving even if the world is falling apart at the seams
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