David A Fields

DECEMBER 3, 2019

You throw your best efforts into delivering value for your consulting clients, improving your consulting firm’s marketing, and creating a rewarding consulting environment. Then you find your work was off by a bit. Or more than a bit. Or completely wrong. Pickles-in-peanut-butter wrong.

Consultative 97

Consultative Operations Environment Marketing 97

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It’s the moment you realize that the dream job you worked hard to get has taken you away from doing what you love, or that a relationship you’ve invested years of your life in is shifting in a direction that’s different from what you want. More Than a Moment. Jan Struther from the poem “Clear”. living is easy with eyes closed.”.

Short-term 211

Short-term Mayo Long-term Audience 211

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. They explain that capitalizing on uncertain opportunities requires a starkly different mindset than when pursuing strategy in your core business. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. How do they do it?

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50