As a contracting management consultant you know that your client engagements are only successful when you deliver on expectations, on time and in full. Your ability to deliver on expectations is the single most important reason for why clients hire you.

Unfortunately, as I rediscovered recently, this principle becomes a sure-fire recipe for failure if it isn’t given the respect and attention it deserves.

Ever Had Your Consulting Contract Terminated?

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WHAT IS IT WITH DATA ANALYSIS? – Or, more specifically, why does it nearby always seem to trigger the same response from clients: ‘The data you’ve used is unreliable.’

On the one hand you could easily argue that if this is a stock-standard response you shouldn’t be surprised by it. When it comes to crunching numbers, Pavlov seems to marry Newton: Actions seem to cause (same) reactions. And for me, yesterday was déjà vu all over again.

Five weeks ago I started yet another ...