David Maister

David Maister: retired

January 6, 2010 General

Image via Wikipedia There’s a bit of an old joke: management consultants never die, they simply run out of things to say. Who ever would think they retire? When I first started this blog David Maister was one of the go to people I enjoyed reading and with whom I had many a lively conversation. [...]

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Are lawyers brighter than accountants?

July 19, 2009 Marketing

Mark Lee Tweeted that he was about to publish a new post: Just written an article for publication next week: “Are accountants as stupid as lawyers?” Improvement on an old blog: http://bit.ly/Y9cZr You have to read the whole original piece where Mark is referencing a talk by David Maister but the end section is worth [...]

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Fatigue

July 16, 2008 General

Largely as a result of a link back from Skagit IMS Tipline, I hopped over to David Maister’s blog. I’ve not read David for a while, only because my reading habits have changed. I was surprised to find that he has mothballed the blog for the time being and that over the last few months, [...]

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