Consultants Have Credibility Because They Are Not

Swing Your Partner, Dosey-do, Now Clap Your Hands... Uh-oh, That's All The Square Dance Moves I Know... I'll Bluff The Rest. Slap Your Partner In The Face, Write Bad Checks All Over The Place, Flirt With Strangers, Annoy Your Spouse, Get A Divorce And Lose Your House, ...uh... Dosey-do.

When You Hire That First Person, Then You're A Boss. You've Got Performance Reviews. You've Got Complaints About Not Making Enough Money. You've Got People Who Are Just Going To Sell Your Story To The Tabloids.

I Believe In Karma... That Means I Can Do Bad Things To You All Day Long And Assume You Deserve It.

Computers And Rocket Ships Are Examples Of Invention, Not Of Understanding. ... All That Is Needed To Build Machines Is The Knowledge That When One Thing Happens, Another Thing Happens As A Result. It's An Accumulation Of Simple Patterns. A Dog Can Learn Patterns. There Is No "why&rdqo"; In Those Examples. We Don't Understand Why Electricity Travels. We Don't Know Why Light Travels At A Constant Speed Forever. All We Can Do Is Observe And Record Patterns.

Every Generation Of Humans Believed It Had All The Answers It Needed, Except For A Few Mysteries They Assumed Would Be Solved At Any Moment. And They All Believed Their Ancestors Were Simplistic And Deluded. What Are The Odds That You Are The First Generation Of Humans Who Will Understand Reality ?