Really like this article. I recently transitioned to industry still with consulting skills, reading the room and choosing what to say has helped progress an outcome I had in mind using the same algorithm noted in your article.
I don't work in consulting, I lead teams within a domain which is crowded with aspirational projects, technical debt and tons of things that need high degree of negotiations and convincing. I think I just found an answer, rather a mantra to preserve and focus my energy and still get the stakeholders convinced. This is a must read for leaders. I am going to spread the word.
I’m curious as to the connection between less hair and more silence… do you think that a lack of physical self confidence meant you were more willing to stand out a little less? Where did the valuable hesitancy come in and why is it proportional to hair loss?
Really like this article. I recently transitioned to industry still with consulting skills, reading the room and choosing what to say has helped progress an outcome I had in mind using the same algorithm noted in your article.
Fantastic! I'm convinced we acquire so many skills in consulting that we can transfer across other domains...
I don't work in consulting, I lead teams within a domain which is crowded with aspirational projects, technical debt and tons of things that need high degree of negotiations and convincing. I think I just found an answer, rather a mantra to preserve and focus my energy and still get the stakeholders convinced. This is a must read for leaders. I am going to spread the word.
Thanks for the kind words, Sumit. And glad I was able to help! All the best in 2026.
As a woman,
I’m curious as to the connection between less hair and more silence… do you think that a lack of physical self confidence meant you were more willing to stand out a little less? Where did the valuable hesitancy come in and why is it proportional to hair loss?
Oh no, nothing like that. It's maybe the opposite, at least for me: less hair made me *more* confident.
I took it as basically Nature telling me I was "mature", and therefore I had to grow out of certain suboptimal behaviours... Very weird, I know!