<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" Timing! n A few weeks ago I wrote u201cArriving for the Break,u201d wherein I poke fun at my way of being in the world, which might be called ,u201dcontrarian temporal synchronicity,u201d arriving when the band goes on break, buying high and selling low as investment strategy, and adopting new technology after everyone […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" Jake and Wil save German culture n The u201cLittle Corporalu201d was ruining everything. Napoleon Bonaparte abolished the feudal system; peasants duties to the manorial class were reduced or eliminated. u00a0The lingua franca, or traderu2019s tongue, that was a combination of Italian French and Spanish words suddenly had more French and was replacing […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" You know who you are. n You decided to become a consultant for a good reason. Maybe you liked business, loved problem-solving and were good at the analytics. Maybe you were freaked out by how much to had to borrow to get the degree that was your ticket to consulting. Maybe everyone […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" Accountability and Development vs. Direction and Followers n I made a differentiation that permeated much of my work life. n n Managers manage in steady state circumstances. They are responsible for getting the work done and for ensuring their people have the knowledge and skills to get the work done. n Leaders […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" Stuff Needs Fixing n The lamp is twelve years old. It was a gift from a family member because it went with our last house, an Arts & Crafts fairy-hut in a stately home neighborhood about two miles from where we now live. It does have a Dirk Van Erp vibe, the […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" u201cWhat? Me Worry?u201d n Consultants, especially young consultants, take some stick from time to time. There are consultant jokes. There is some under-the-breath name calling. It is all born of envy. It isnu2019t easy work for a company for ten years and watch the company hire a team of consultants, many younger […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" The LinkedIn Wisdom Elders n Iu2019m connected on LinkedIn to several men about my age or a little older who write posts like I do. Some also have weekly newsletters on LinkedIn where they publish slightly longer pieces, similar to what to these pieces on Wisdom from Unusual Places. I think what […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" ‘u201cBe Patient?u201d n The first time I met Will, I remember thinking, u201cNow here is a guy who looks like a CEO.u201d Will was straight from Central Casting. He was a little older than I was at the time, late forties maybe. He was taller than me, maybe six-one and trim and […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" Consultants donu2019t do anything n In the video, a man dressed in athletic shorts stands on a train platform. He puts chalk on his hands and limbers up. As a train approaches the station, he positions himself next to the train track reaching out to slow the train to a stop. As […]
<div class="et_pb_text_inner" data-et-multi-view="{"schema":{"content":{"desktop":" The joke is on me n There is a joke I first heard in my teenage years. Like a lot of jokes it is hard to make work in written form. n The jokester asks: u201dWhatu2019s the secret of good comedy?u201d n Then as the person starts to speak u201cWell I thinku2026,u201d […]
