The Ancient Late Adopter speaks Let us be clear, I am old. I started as a consultant in 1980; I retired as a consultant...
Will AI Replace Consultants?
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Consulting
Voice of the Customer? Huh?
Improvement and Innovation Over my thirty-seven years as a change consultant, I worked on a lot of improvement and...
Consulting Career Choices
Traveling the consulting road? Here’s a map of the choices you will face.
Stop Being “Helpful!”
I always said consultants should be helpful . . . maybe not . . .
Learning from Consultant Jokes
Consulting jokes used to annoy me, but I believe consultants can learn from them
Ancient Trusted Advisor Tales
Every consultant wants to be a “Trusted Advisor.” What can Joseph and Merlin teach us?
Leading
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...
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...
Living
Not Ready for the “Reeks and Wrecks”
Mr. Fix-it fails again -lessons from a deterioration of skills and worries about the coming Zombie Apocalypse
Becoming Interesting
Wisdom from a beer commercial? Really Dude? . . . Well, I don’t know about wisdom, but I think it’s interesting. . .
Arriving for the Break
My quirky relationship with the cadence of the universe.
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
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