Archive - Consulting Intel

April 2025

You can be too confident

Is that always a good thing?

Apr 17 •

March 2025

The real reason why you should pass the ball to your Ronaldos

On team dynamics, favoritism and winning

Mar 30 •

A couple of ideas from mythology and Napster on how small narrative shifts create massive perception changes

Strategic reputation building is essential in the modern workplace

Mar 17 •

Strategies should be living hypotheses, not doctrines

If a plan is built on assumptions that cannot be tested or proven wrong, it is not a strategy but a belief system. Popper knew why that matters.

Mar 3 •

February 2025

The thing AI startup bros don't understand about enterprise-level complexities

Or, why even if you can spin up an app with four engineers and a bit of cloud magic, you will have problems delivering AI at scale inside a Fortune 500…

Feb 17 •

January 2025

December 2024

The new generation of enlightened managers strikes the balance between autonomy and accountability

Why trusting impact over hours is the key to thriving teams in modern work

Dec 11, 2024 •

November 2024

A Minimum Viable Engagement delivers results faster by focusing on what matters most

Sometimes, we must cut through complexity to deliver the consulting help clients actually need

Nov 28, 2024 •

Self-deprecating humor in the workplace works (most of the time)

But when does it work? And why? Let's discuss a few "grand" theories...

Nov 19, 2024 •

Dose-Response and doing good work: how to stay at your best

We need to learn how to balance intensity and rest to be able to achieve sustainable performance

Nov 7, 2024 •

October 2024

Why hiring you is a high-stakes investment for consulting firms

Short-term gaps and long-term growth: are consulting firms hiring you as "investors" or "speculators"?

Oct 29, 2024 •

When to speak up and when to shut up

My 4-step PTSD framework to improve business communication and avoid speaking up when it's wiser not to

Oct 17, 2024 •

To build teams that kick ass you need more than brains

Why we might find out that energy, attitude and chemistry matter more than IQ in consulting

Oct 8, 2024 •

September 2024

August 2024

Being easy to work with can matter more than your expertise

There is an untold power in soft skills for high-stakes professions...

Aug 29, 2024 •

June 2024

The Dunning-Kruger effect in reverse: how expertise breeds insecurity

Focus on what you know, not what you don’t know: let your inner theater kid thrive.

Jun 6, 2024 •

May 2024

Delivery // Sales: a seesaw dynamic

How does AI impact the Delivery and Sales balancing act?

May 31, 2024 •

Being an executive is an exercise in enduring boredom

The mundane is not glamorous, but the mundane is necessary.

May 24, 2024 •

A technology spaghetti situation (and how to fix it)

A 9-step framework to streamline technology systems in your organization

May 9, 2024 •

Global Consulting Series: African consulting industry

How does consulting as a sector assist in the growth of an indeed ‘developing’ continent?

May 2, 2024 •

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