No Consultant is Prince Charming!

Overview

A companion piece to No Vendor is Prince Charming. The same principle applied to consultants: no outside consultant will ride in and magically solve your data problems.

Status

This was an article outline in Notion — no body content was written beyond the template. The implied argument: organizations that hire consultants expecting a rescue are setting themselves up for disappointment. Consultants can accelerate and guide, but the organization must own the transformation. This is a notable position for the founder to take as someone who is a consultant — it reflects intellectual honesty about the limits of the consulting model.