Comments on: Too Much Meta http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/2011/12/12/too-much-meta/ Models.Behaving.Badly Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: taran.23 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/2011/12/12/too-much-meta/#comment-236 taran.23 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:03:20 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/?p=589#comment-236 totally agree. Consultants seem like pseudo Mercenaries, you feel like the job is almost done and end up paying for it. I guess they are paid for their glibness rather than 'execution' skills. No puns intended totally agree. Consultants seem like pseudo Mercenaries, you feel like the job is almost done and end up paying for it. I guess they are paid for their glibness rather than ‘execution’ skills. No puns intended

]]> By: EllieK http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/2011/12/12/too-much-meta/#comment-229 EllieK Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:43:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/?p=589#comment-229 This is the correct link to Felix Salmon's post about consultants: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/03/09/mckinseys-corrupted-culture/ This is the correct link to Felix Salmon’s post about consultants:

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/20 11/03/09/mckinseys-corrupted-culture/

]]> By: Maciej137 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/2011/12/12/too-much-meta/#comment-226 Maciej137 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:12:05 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/?p=589#comment-226 Too bad that most politicians are meta and with no experience whatsoever. Too bad that most politicians are meta and with no experience whatsoever.

]]> By: Boxster550 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/2011/12/12/too-much-meta/#comment-224 Boxster550 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:16:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/?p=589#comment-224 This seems to jive with my experience. They come in and stir the pot, more than likely, in the direction that you were incline to do so to begin with. Then they are gone, never having to deal with the repercussions of their meddling. It’s a beautiful thing! This seems to jive with my experience. They come in and stir the pot, more than likely, in the direction that you were incline to do so to begin with. Then they are gone, never having to deal with the repercussions of their meddling. It’s a beautiful thing!

]]> By: Uburex http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/2011/12/12/too-much-meta/#comment-223 Uburex Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:03:59 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/?p=589#comment-223 You can teach people to play football; it cannot make them a great football player. You can teach people to play football; it cannot make them a great football player.

]]> By: mxpl http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/2011/12/12/too-much-meta/#comment-222 mxpl Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:28:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/emanuelderman/?p=589#comment-222 I had to look up that post by Felix Salmon (your link is broken), and my impression is, what he is talking about is totally different from what you are referring to. To be fair to consultants, ideally they should be hired from within large corporations, where they rightfully belong. When you are but a cogwheel in a large system, your margin for error is smaller vs., say, a startup. No need for broad experience in the former case. I had to look up that post by Felix Salmon (your link is broken), and my impression is, what he is talking about is totally different from what you are referring to.

To be fair to consultants, ideally they should be hired from within large corporations, where they rightfully belong. When you are but a cogwheel in a large system, your margin for error is smaller vs., say, a startup. No need for broad experience in the former case.

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