Over the last hundred years we have got used to their being "Expert Answers", "Best Practice" and consultants of all stripes have made very good livings from them.
The trouble is, they no longer work. The challenges we face are so complex, so multi faceted and so connected, solving problems by analogy no longer does it. The fact that it worked for someone else, somewhere else, sometime else does not mean it will work for you.
That leaves a dilemma. With so much call on our attention, how do we proceed. Consultants offer "band aid" relief but rarely long term solutions. There are thousands of good books and videos out there by reputable authors, but who has time to read enough of them to get a good balanced view? The battle for talent - recruitment and retention - is brutal.
We can adopt a DIY approach - doing the best we can with who and what we know across a range of disciplines from accountancy to the impact of machine learning, and end up with flat pack answers. Functional, cheap, and…
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