Difficult questions about business consulting

And (maybe) some answers

Strategy practice

And (maybe) some answers

There is an old joke about business consultants.

An old shepherd sits on a hill surrounded by his sheep, who are peacefully eating grass. Then, a young man wearing an expensive suit appears and asks:

– Do you want me to tell you exactly how many sheep you have?

– Why? — asks the shepherd

– Well, it is valuable information. Let me calculate your sheep, and I will take one as a fee.

– Okay, — agrees the shepherd indifferently, shrugging.

The young man opens his laptop, connects to a satellite, and takes and downloads a picture of the hill. Then he uploads the image into a computer program based on AI that calculates the sheep.

– So, you have 96 sheep, — he says proudly, takes one sheep, and is about to leave.

– You must be a business consultant, — says the shepherd.

– How did you guess?

– First — you came uninvited. Second — you told me what I had already known. And third — put my dog back on the ground.

I love this joke even though I am a business consulta…