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One of those people with an [[MBA]] who profoundly deaf to the assertion that it is easier said than done, largely because a [[management consultant]]’s role is to say, while some other poor sap is expected to do.  
One of those people with an [[MBA]] who profoundly deaf to the assertion that it is easier said than done, largely because a [[management consultant]]’s role is to say, while some other poor sap is expected to do.  


In ordinary Euclidian [[space-time]], there is a simple formula — not quite as elegant as ''E = MC<sup>2</sup>'', but close to it — which sets an immutable bound on the minimum time (t) required for a management consultant’s output<ref>Careful: a management consultant’s output is ''never'' in called a “recommendation”: The art of [[management consultancy]] is to carry out countless chargeable hours precisely ''without'' doing that: the key is to elicit ideas ''from your client'' as to what to do, responsibility for which, when inevitably they fail, can safely be laid at the client’s own door.</ref>to be implemented, which must be longer than the maximum theoretical length of the management consultant’s engagement.
In ordinary Euclidian [[space-time]], there is a simple formula — not quite as elegant as ''E = MC<sup>2</sup>'', but close to it — which sets an immutable bound on the minimum time (''t'') required for a management consultant’s output (''o'') to be implemented<ref>Careful: a management consultant’s output is ''never'' in called a “recommendation”: The art of [[management consultancy]] is to carry out countless chargeable hours precisely ''without'' doing that: the key is to elicit ideas ''from your client'' as to what to do, responsibility for which, when inevitably they fail, can safely be laid at the client’s own door.</ref>, which must be longer than the maximum theoretical length (''L'') of the management consultant’s engagement (''e''').


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One of those people with an MBA who profoundly deaf to the assertion that it is easier said than done, largely because a management consultant’s role is to say, while some other poor sap is expected to do.

In ordinary Euclidian space-time, there is a simple formula — not quite as elegant as E = MC2, but close to it — which sets an immutable bound on the minimum time (t) required for a management consultant’s output (o) to be implemented[1], which must be longer than the maximum theoretical length (L) of the management consultant’s engagement (e').

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  1. Careful: a management consultant’s output is never in called a “recommendation”: The art of management consultancy is to carry out countless chargeable hours precisely without doing that: the key is to elicit ideas from your client as to what to do, responsibility for which, when inevitably they fail, can safely be laid at the client’s own door.