[Sigia-l] Gordom Ramsey consulting?
"Peter Van Dijck" <[email protected]>
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(Apologies for crosspost) Hi all, I love Gordon Ramsey's kitchen nightmare shows: he goes to a restaurant that's loosing money, and tells them to focus on the basics: fresh, local ingredients, well prepared, in a nice environment, for an affordable price. And then the restaurants often gets better, clients are happy, they make money. I *always* have to think about my consulting when I see that show. I think some of its appeal is that he gets to shout at his clients, whereas I (usually) don't. The other part is the focus on getting the basics really right. And then there's this frustration of me that consulting, especially in a traditional "consulting company" environment, brings with it all these constraints (headcount, billable hours, ...), which mean that in the end, you always end up selling things for loads of money to clients, that could be done much more effectively and cheaply. I've seen it again and again, in different companies. Is it even possible to have a culture of quality instead of billable hours when all the pressure on the people where the culture originates (the leaders of the org) is about $$? So I just want to open an discussion around this. Can/should consultants be more like a good, local, affordable eatery, with local ingredients well prepared, instead of the expensive 3-star restaurant that we often try to be? It also relates to the financial crisis that's happening, as we all remember from last time: the consultants are the first to go. Thoughts? Peter -- me: http://petervandijck.com blog: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/ global UX consulting: http://290s.com free travel guides: http://poorbuthappy.com US: (+1) 201 467-5511 Belgium: (+32) 03/325 88 70 Skype id: peterkevandijck ------------ IA Summit 2009: Peabody Hotel in Memphis Pre cons on March 18 and 19 Sessions on March 20, 21, 22 ----- When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. *Plain text, please; NO Attachments Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ ________________________________________ Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l