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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11/ So need a meta-framework for 2x2s that's "trainable" in my style of thinking, the way voice recognition sw can be trained to my accent.
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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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14/ For the record, I don't think this is doable at present at scale, only 1 at a time. Putting it out there as a grand challenge. "Eat me."
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15/ This talk I did is the closest I've come to putting myself in a box. Blueprint for sw-eats-vgr: slideshare.net/vgururao/syste (slides)
