1/ For speculative self-disruption fun, I am trying to imagine "software eating mgmt consulting", specifically, me. What would be like?
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2/ Platforms like Clarity etc. are about *supporting* consulting, not eating it with sw. Eating = unbundle, SaaSify things consultants do
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3/ MVP: a 2x2 generator wizard that coaches you through thought process for $5.
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4/ A $15 "Org profiler" that works like a Myers-Briggs test and uses 20 questions to deduce org personality
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5/ A "Main Challenge Estimator" that asks 10 diagnostic question and gives results like "Need reorg", "Need layoffs", "F*&ed, wind it down."
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6/ Problem-people evaluator: $300 service that has senior execs all fill out 360 deg things and then diagnoses problem people
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7/ About 80% of what I do could be SaaSified for small biz/startups for 1/100th cost. Residual 20% is what I actually like: escalated issues
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8/ Problem with consulting is you have to vertically integrate fairly simple, teachable/automatable stuff with complex, non-automatable
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9/ You can't commoditize since that kills the individual value. You have to automate 80% of each *individual* consultant's schtick
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10/ To take an example, most consultants use 2x2s as a way to frame issues for discussion. But each has a different style.
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12/ Ditto all consulting problem areas from leadership to interpersonal, to org design etc. 6-8 problems make up 80% of all consulting work
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13/ But every successful consultant deals with these 6-8 problem areas differently. Clients shop around for one that fits their own style.
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Sounds like you need to get back to non-MatLab coding...
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Nah, I need to make enough money to hire somebody to code it for me.

