Category: Thought Leadership
Frameworks, pattern languages, and deep analysis from consulting practice.
A timeline of this series — oldest on the left, newest on the right.
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Finding Your First Client — An Academic Paper Born from a Real Consulting Launch
I’m writing an academic paper about starting a consulting practice — while actually starting one. Here’s the paper, the story behind it, and an…
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From Reflection to Jerisjärvi — Presenting at VikingPLoP 2026
What started as personal reflection on launching a consulting practice became an academic paper — and this week, a conference presentation in Jerisjärvi.
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April, May, and a lot of forward motion
I’ve been quiet on here. Here’s what’s been happening and where things are going.
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An Unexpected Journey: People Development at the Foot of the Himalayas
BilboConsult’s first international engagement took us to Bhutan — the result of an unexpected phone call on a Lapland road. Here is the story…
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The Unexpected Journey — Why Good Companies Resist the Change They Need
Last December I posted an advent calendar on LinkedIn: twenty-four short reflections, each pairing a leadership principle with a moment from The Hobbit. Several…
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The Tookish Side — The Unlikely Heroes Already on Your Payroll
Tolkien gives Bilbo two inheritances. From his father’s side, the Baggins: respectable, predictable, suspicious of anything that might make you late for dinner. From…
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Riddles in the Dark — Walking Into the Meeting Everyone Said to Avoid
The most famous chapter in The Hobbit has no battle in it. Bilbo is lost in the dark, deep under a mountain, facing a…
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Navigating Mirkwood — The Middle of Every Transformation Is a Dark Forest
Before the company enters Mirkwood, Gandalf gives one instruction and then — infuriatingly — leaves: “Don’t leave the path.” Inside the forest there is…