What makes a good consultant? Part 2a, services and activities
[Continued from the previous Part 1a, Part 1b, and Part 1c, which covered the rules of engagement with clients.] The blog, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it. The...
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[Continued from the previous Part 2a.] [A previous trio, Part 1a , Part 1b , and Part 1c, covered the rules of engagement with clients.] Holmes sat for some time in silent thought. He had lit the...
View ArticleMonth in Review May 2009
[Previous Months In Review available here: Apr 09, Mar 09, Feb 09, Jan 09] Though housing is the output of an enormously complex, ever-changing, hugely capitalized value chain, unlike other abstract...
View Article“Housing the Future,” a BBC World Debate being shown August 1 and 2, 2009
Update, August 4, 2009: The BBC Web site now has the program. · Click here: http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/ProgrammeMultiFeature.aspx?id=196 · Then click, “Also click here to...
View ArticlePictures at an enumeration
By: David A. Smith Singing about a better life: the Durban enumeration “Have you ever been to an enumeration?” asked my hostess at the Gates Foundation convening. She had brought together all the...
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