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One, Two, Three, Seven?!
Every time I introduce something new into my team, my project or the organization I am working for I am reminded of how well I can count. Let me explain: it’s all about buy-in. The below text is quoted from Marshall Goldsmith’s book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. It describes exactly the […]
Good Wine Needs No Bush
This evening I was on the train with Bart. Most of the time we chat about wine but this time we were on to the subject of project management. Several interesting points came out of our discussion. The consensus of our discussion is that there are too many people who think project management equals project […]
“Wellness”… My Ass!
Last week I was a few minutes early on the steering committee of a huge SAP implementation. As we were joking around we came to the subject of ‘change management’. One person mentioned that some consulting companies abbreviate it as ‘CMS’, which alternatively translates as “Chicks Making Slides”. I had no evidence to prove him wrong. So […]
Some Mails are Better Never Sent
I tend to believe that the best consulting work is done with the heart breaking or overflowing. Sometimes people tell me not to get so emotionally involved and to adopt a rational outsider perspective.
The Duck
Always remember: a duck is a duck and a fish is a fish. Fail to see the difference as a consultant and down you go. Sometimes it seems like a farm or a pond captures more of the essence of our profession than a business school. In an earlier post about consulting (Open letter to […]
No Passion, No excellence
A few weeks ago a I had the privilege of being invited by some friends (who are passionate about Italian wines) for a short trip to Piedmont. As you can imagine this was not the ordinary cultural sightseeing trip to Italy but an exciting journey into Italian winemaking and gastronomy. No need to mention that […]
Open Letter To My Colleagues (Incl. Myself)
In my career as a management consultant I have met all kinds of colleagues that I envy and admire for their charisma, their wit, their smartness or their marvelous rhetoric. Nevertheless I recently found out that all the things that make us great consultants, smart and intelligent, fast and proactive, are holding us back from […]
How to Eat the Elephant of Organizational Change?
There is always a moment when the work ahead seems so massive that you don’t know where and how to start. Funny enough this feeling always overwhelms me at exactly at the same moment: once I decided for myself what will (and will not) change and how this will impact the organization. Those moments are […]
