I've been in less than tip-top condition lately, so you haven't seen any posts here for a long time. I just don't have the where...

At long last, my new website design is up and running(?). Same url, http://www.geraldmweinberg.com , but some of the links to individual pag...

On LinkIn, recently there was a question about what a client had to do to hire a consultant who wouldn't rip them off, just taking money...

Jeff wrote: "Do you have a specific test for that [alcoholism in service providers]? Many of the alcoholics I've known hid their pr...

I haven't blogged for almost two months. I've been too busy. Busy is usually good for a consulting business, but not this time. A mo...

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Clarke's Third Law In my career, I have at times run a succe...

Magnus Ljadas has just published an interview with me on the Citerus (Sweden) website (www.citerus.se). I've been interviewed many time...

William Responds to Melissa: Melissa, my secret is this: I have learned to really enjoy interaction on the emotional level. Perhaps "be...

A client, let's call him Robert, who wishes to remain anonymous, writes about the body inventory: "This was one of my key "les...

Melissa, a client, writes: "As you recall I got booted from my job when you were consulting here a while back. In the congruent model I...

On The Collaborative View blog , I read the following question. Since it referred to me, I thought I ought to respond: You have an assertion...

When Management Won't Hear the Truth: A Dialogue A consultant writes: "I find that when I tell management the truth of what a task...

Blatant Advertising Some readers of The Computer Consulting Kit's recent post on the "Working Conditions Thread" may see it as...

It's one thing for a consultant to have great ideas that would help your clients. It's quite another to actually help those clients ...

In my workshops, I always set aside time for consulting with participants on any situation they choose. In a recent Problem Solving Leadersh...

Magazines are ephemeral, but some of my friends compulsively keep stacks of copies of old magazines. I've always wondered what possible ...

Recently, I was trying to help a client (let me call them "StartupCompany") mired in conflicts, exceptions, errors, anomalies, lap...

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...