Why do companies hire consultants? To solve a problem? And what does that mean for consultants?
Why do companies hire consultants?
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Consulting
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.
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...
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
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
Halloween and the Celts
Celts, Iron age Europeans were the antecedent celebrators of Halloween
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