Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for March 15, 2021

Just like marketing, eh.

More like statistics, of which 76.8% are made up on the spot.

Love the new “Do”…

In my experience, management hires a consultant to tell them what time it is, and gives them their watch.

People who know the least, talk the loudest.

Accurate.

Making up answers is pretty much what you’re hired to do. The trick is to make up the right answers.

someone I worked with, who worked on budget stuff, explained it to me as – execution is 2+2=4; formulation is 2+2= ‘what do you want it to be?’

Great advice.

Rita is an expert at making things up. Trouble is, the things that come out of her mouth are ridiculous.

Not always true, some problems require deep investigation, using multiple teams, the hiring of subject matter experts, bench-marking of world class organizations all of which are located in the Caribbean, and the writing of a final report which you will then have to go back to the company to form Tiger Teams in order to implement the recommendations. This of course requires periodic follow up. . . .

If you give a simple and straightforward answer to their question you have missed out on a huge revenue stream. Rita is obviously a rookie.

And your answer doesn’t have to be right – it just has to sound good to those bosses who are pretending to understand what you’re talking about…

You’re not a consulting firm if you can’t say, “We’ll solve all your problems.”

Reminds me of some of the management I’ve had to work with. They have a plan they want implemented, then make (bleep) up to deal with questions of the why. Bluff their way through.

Consultants should be balding to show that they are thinking, a bit paunchy to show they are doing well enough to eat good food and have hemorrhoids to show that they are not perfect ar$eholes.

Yeah, my hometown hired a fancy, expensive consulting firm to help revitalize their declining downtown area. Their solution? Start calling it Uptown instead of downtown.

There’s lies, damn lies, and statistics

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bulls**t.” ― W.C. Fields.

I’ve been a computer consultant for more than 35 years. (Started out on CPM). The one thing I learned very early on is that there is no shame in saying “I don’t know, but I know how to find out.”

On another note; sometimes Rita just looks sexy

I used to work at a consulting firm. You have no idea how right you are.