What is the first thing you need to learn when you become a consultant? It depends…

Which one is it?! Please tell me…

My fellow federal practitioners relate - we had to submit our time everyday.

The key is to run away after dishing out feedback.

Whoa… Don’t get too excited there.

Beige… Beige everywhere…

I was a lot more naive about technology when I was starting out. Effectively, I’d always suggest bringing a nuclear button to a knife fight - overkill and useless…

Can you hear me now?

As I shake my walking cane, I definitely remember several instances where I had to hop onto a call that I felt that I could not miss and desperately tried to find a quiet place to call in from…

Every client is my favorite client.

I’m not really a people person. If you imagine the most socially awkward mistake a person can make, I’ve probably done it - in a professional setting…

None of us is without this consulting sin.

Admit it, we’ve all done it. You’ve been guarding the scope of your project with an iron fist…

One of these numbers is very real.

I worked for years on a project that released a new version of software every several months. Releases were huge productions…