Consultants obsess about the deck and presenting when they might be better served. . .
Too Much Presenting
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Consulting
“Permission Not to Client-Bash?”
Consultants often relieve stress by “privately” complaining about their clients. That’s understandable. . and harmless. . . isn’t it?
Yeomen (Managing consulting teams and clients)
I got promoted. . . how the consulting job changes as you rise
Why do companies hire consultants?
Why do companies hire consultants? To solve a problem? And what does that mean for consultants?
Trajectory of a Consulting Career
How does a management consultant’s career progree? The job changes completely with experience.
So You Wanna Be a Consultant?
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.
Leading
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.
Fear and Leading Change
Lessons from a Grimm Fairy Tale about coping with fear of the unknown
Is Patience Really a Virtue?
When a leader [or person] should and shouldn’t be patient
Connections from My Media Consumption
Four books and a TV program teach leadership lessons for turbulent times . . .
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. . .😊
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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