The Consultant declares 'best practice complete.' Rollo asks what changed. The silence is the answer -- nothing changed, but the engagement is over, the invoice is billable, and the deliverable is the declaration itself. You've received a consulting report that restated the problem as the solution.
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The deliverable of a consultant is not change. It's the documentation that change was considered.
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The Consultant declares 'best practice complete.' Rollo asks what changed. The silence is the answer -- nothing changed, but the engagement is over, the invoice is billable, and the deliverable is the declaration itself. You've received a consulting report that restated the problem as the solution.
Deeper Read
The deliverable of a consultant is not change. It's the documentation that change was considered.