Boiling The Ocean

This is going to be another experiment for us, though not like our previous in-betweenisodes. Remember those TV shows that teased a dramatic turn with “A very special “Joanie loves Chachi?” This is that show. We’re going to delve into a topic that people rarely talk about… but they probably think about all the time (or should). We ask: what is success, and how should we define it? You may wonder what this has to do with consulting. Fair point. What we would say is that a lot of consulting is built on a premise of success: consultants promise to make your company or organization “successful”. Consultants themselves are pretty universally seen as being successful, as having “made it” by virtue of working at one of these highly respected firms and earning big bucks. But beneath that polished veneer, do consultants help companies succeed? Are consultants successes themselves? And for everyone else, what does all of this teach us about how we should define success for ourselves? Along the way, we debate the trappi