Given how consulting changed in the last forty years, imagine how it will change in the future
Consulting: Changed and Changing
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Consulting
Life After Consulting
Timing! If you got caught by the consulting industry downturn, here are some lessons learned from my out of synch way of being in the world.
Hello Mid-Career Consultants
Mid-Career is time of choices, a fork in the Consulting Road
What Do Consultants Know, Anyway?
Consultants may know something, just not everything, regardless of how confident they sound.
What’s Up with Consultant Jokes?
Consulting jokes give clues about how to be a good consultant
Consultants Are Everywhere *
Drawing wisdom from Mico’s stories started my writing career. This one is the Preface to my book Traveling the Consulting Road.
Leading
Early Leadership Class
Around an ancient fire the Eldest instructs future leaders of the Clan in leading change
Pirates and Outlaws
Americans love pirates and outlaws. What’s up with that?
The Straight Skinny
As you rise as a leader, getting honest feedback becomes more difficult. Here are some things you can do to make sure you get the straight skinny.
“Taking Yourself in Hand”
Every act of leadership is first an act of self-leadership.
Are You a BadBoss?
Using Jeff Foxworthy’s comedic structure to look at BadBoss behavior.
Change and Consequences
I’ve come to believe that we are at a unique inflection point, one where we can correct the consequences of humanity’s past choices and shape the kind of future we want.
Living
Dream Wisdom
Sometimes dreams send a message.
Work?
A friend sent me a post promoting the sanctity of work. I’m a little too Maynard G. Krebs for that.
Learning from Genealogy
My wife is an amateur genealogist. Studying family trees adds perspective to history.
Thomas and Mountain Memories
Thomas helped me on my first hike up a mountain and so began a lifetime hobby for me and my family.
Sadhu and Shishya
“What have you learned these seven years?”
The lessons of an apprentice to a quirky holy man high in the mountains.
The Rule of Law Is Not Enough
Reflections on jury duty makes me wonder about ending war
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