A Letter From An Old Colleague I received thought-provoking email today from another old-timer, about ten years younger than I, but still pr...

To be successful as a consultant, you need to pay attention to seemingly innocent language. The computer software field is filled with such ...

We hear a lot in the consulting literature about "communications," but mostly they (me, too) are talking about the psychology of g...

I recently received a letter from Catherine (cat) Morley, Design & Development Director of Katz-i International Web & Graphic Design...

People are always asking consultants to make predictions. Would you be wise to accommodate them? People especially crave predictions about t...

I woke up so early one morning that I surprised a mouse making her rounds of my bathroom. She surprised me, too, so I decided against furthe...

In my recent consulting clinic, we spent more than a day on negotiating—assignments, prices, conditions, schedules, and just about anything ...

When I lived in Crested Butte, Colorado, I sometimes hiked across the mountains to Aspen. There were five hiking trails that I knew of, all ...

Q: What’s the most common question you’re asked since the publication of your two books on consulting? A: It’s no single question, but a col...

On my writing blog the other day, I posted the following paragraph as part of a writing exercise: Anger, for a consultant, is a costly luxu...