Getting Drunk in First Class

I’ve pissed away endless hours in every airline lounge you can think of, slamming down more booze than a thrice-divorced Managing Partner, waiting for delayed flights and hoping my return flight home doesn’t get canceled. I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter your airline status, number of butt-in-seat (BIS) miles you’ve flown, or the particular airline. [...]

I, for one, enjoy blue sky thinking sessions. My clients are frequently mystified by the activity.
Creating a flashy deck is not all that blue sky thinking is about, of course. With my 3 months, 4 days, 5 hours, and 22 minutes of expertise in the women’s hosiery industry, I most certainly make diligent use of [...]

Many beginning consultants — especially those recently graduated from top economics, math, and engineering programs — do not know how to effectively guide clients using statistics. They have read Kotter, Tufte, Block, Minto, and Porter, but few have read Huff’s timeless 1954 classic, How to Lie With Statistics.  A beginning playbook might read as follows.

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Remember the good ol’ days of air travel when everybody got to be a TD?

Sure, it’s not lie-flat first class seating but having a friendship lounge in economy class beats most lounge options available on today’s airlines, assuming they have a lounge! Deregulation really screwed things up for us TDs wouldn’t you say?
Today you’re lucky [...]