Consultants: Focus on "Billable Utilization" in your interviews. Ask: "What is the target utilization rate?" If they say 95-100%, run. You will have zero time for training or admin. A healthy target is 75-85%.

#ConsultingLife #WorkLifeBalance

Der Kunde wollte unbedingt "autonome AI-Agenten". Ich habe ihm ein Python-Skript gegeben, das einen grünen Ladebalken anzeigt und remote den PC des nervigen IT-Leiters runterfährt. Ich nenne es "Strategic Synergistic Silencing". Die 4.000 € Rechnung für die "Initialisierung" ist schon raus. Künstliche Intelligenz ist nett, aber natürliche Bosheit ist profitabler.

https://christoflayher.de/blog/bcfh-die-kunst-der-strategischen-budgetvernichtung

#BillableHours #AIHype #OperativeLosers #ConsultingLife

The highest-paid Dynamics 365 consultants aren't the ones who code the fastest. 💰

They are the ones who can say "No" to a client when the requirement is bad. Soft skills (Requirements Gathering & Stakeholder Management) + Tech Skills = $150k+ Salary.

#Dynamics365 #ConsultingLife #CareerAdvice

Sunrise on the Andes mountains through the airplane's window, on the way to Santiago #scl.
Ultimate destination: a hydrogen safety consulting meeting at the BHP Spence copper mine in the Atacama Desert.

Chile, July 2019.

#fensterfreitag #windowfriday #travel #chile #andesmountains #consultinglife

The latest fun thing that's happened in my strategy practice thanks to #genAI proliferation is that two of my long-term clients suddenly decided to no longer allow third party meeting recording (or *any* exposure to genAI) for their meetings.

I'm befuddled at how to make this work, practically.

Express genAI platform use is a "nice to have" in my practice -- that's not an issue.

My client agreement permits it. When clients have concerns...

#consultinglife