{"id":2645,"date":"2018-07-07T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T23:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2020-10-20T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T16:59:48","slug":"on-consultants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/2018\/07\/07\/on-consultants\/","title":{"rendered":"On Consultants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MIT Sloan School of Management recently published a talk that Steve Jobs delivered at MIT in 1992<\/a>. During the speech, he discussed how consultants, are missing a big part of learning that you can only get when you own “something over an extended period of time.”<\/p>\n

As a consultant, you will drop by, make some recommendations, and swing to the next company without really seen the results of your ideas.<\/p>\n

I have been a consultant for quite some time, and when I was not a consultant, I have seen how consultants were engaging with their client. I have to agree with what Jobs said. Without having skin in the game, the ones who pay the price of the recommendation are the customers, not the consultants.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong. I am not advocating for consultants staying for a long time in the same place, as it doesn’t change the issue. When a consultant stays for an extended period, he or she will become part of the system, and so part of the problem. <\/p>\n

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We recently uncovered this Steve Jobs talk at MIT from 1992. https:\/\/t.co\/Tx68F7tN0a<\/a><\/p>\n

— MIT Sloan School of Management (@MITSloan) July 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n