Great consultants vs. good consultants

What does success look like?  During a consulting interview, a candidate once asked me, “What are you looking for in a candidate?” No surprise, I answered “It Depends.” As I described in a previous post called Finders, Minders, and Grinders,...

Lean: What is Critical to Quality?

This is the most important thing you need to know as an operations consultant. Bold statement I know, but Lean is so pivotal and fundamental, it precedes other concepts I M H O. Lean cannot be overstated. Lean is a philosophy of management, corporate culture, set of...