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Who will come with me?

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Richard Merrick
May 12, 2021
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I've been monitoring posts on LinkedIn through a filter; those who want to tell others how to do things against those looking for support to do something. Unsurprisingly, in conditions of uncertainty, the former outweigh the latter to a great degree. The precision of the number is less important for me than the relative balance.

It is, of course, much easier and comfortable to tackle somebody else's challenge than to deal with our own as well as being chargeable. Consultancy relies on it.

Those who interest me and often inspire me are confident enough to say what they want to do and where they want help. Those who are pursuing something important enough to be open about the nature of support they need. It applies even more when trying to do something new and unknown rather than fix something known and broken.

As we leave a time we thought we understood but turned out to be broken and enter a new time of the unknown, it is essential. 

In a time of uncertainty, it is easy to sell "solutions…

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