Trying to write a blog post about the challenges of remote-consulting. It's been a real challenge for me - for a few specific reasons.
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remote consulting is hard. I've done most of my work remotely since 2018 - happy to read a draft.
my best scenarios are always 1-on-1 combining hands-on work (+even better with live collaboration) + some coaching/sparring
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I'm not sure I have enough to say to pull together a draft yet haha. Looking for wisdom and advice...
I think coaching/sparring is definitely more friendly to remote - the work is scoped more clearly to 1:1 work.
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Ah that’s why I didn’t resonate here. My work has always been 90% 1:1 remote sparring, 9% in-person, 1% group context (meeting observation etc)
Not counting workshop delivery stuff which is not really consulting and more like teaching
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Yeah - I think the *right* answer is to radically re-scope future consulting gigs to look more like sparring/coaching. Full blown consulting is tough right now.... Not much help for client projects in-flight haha
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You've touched on this a few times in your writing but would love a more detailed exploration of transition from consulting -> sparring. How to make it successful, how to sell it etc etc
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I might have a “tachyon” problem here... never done much consulting that wasn’t sparring, so my indie career was born on the other side of this barrier mostly. I think I did 2 small projects in like 2012 that relied on a large team context... didn’t really enjoy the experience
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maybe just exposing your workflow in more detail would be helpful? I've done some of both worlds but the sparring doesn't come as naturally and typically only happens *after* a more hands-on engagement...
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Hmm... it’s more a slightly evil active listening practice than a workflow. If I had to teach it I’d teach it dojo style... get an even number of people into zoom, pair them up, and give them a role playing exercise. If there’s enough interest I can run one in



