Great new piece on the #thirdSpacePerspectives blog from Catriona Bell exploring non-conventional career paths and #thirdSpace professionalism #professionalServices www.thirdspaceperspectives.com/blog/8c7s6rqi8o0lu2fszpteflpck92h9w

Employing the service of a professional isn't just good practice, it's also a smart way to manage risks and ensure proper distribution of responsibilities. #RiskManagement, #ProfessionalServices, #ExpertAdvice, #ReduceRisk, #MinimizeMistakes.

Description of my #developmental #editing service for #newwriters out there

https://lzedits.com/services/developmental-editing/

A true partnership to help you "put your best book forward"

Genres of recent client books: #romance #LGBTQIA #YAfantasy #NAfantasy

Recently I was accepted as a mentor in the RWA's RAMP program and am a Genre P2P host (meeting next Saturday!)

#storydevelopment #writing
#advice #professionalservices

Really interesting read for those of that are professional advice-givers. Throwing my profession under the bus, there are some hard truths here.

I'm looking forward to reading the book!

#consulting #managementconsulting #advisoryservice #professionalservices

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/03/21/1162242773/need-a-consultant-this-book-argues-hiring-one-might-actually-damage-your-institu

One of my most important learnings in 23 years of #opensource #professionalservices was #HenlansRazor:
"Never attribute to malice what can sufficiently be explained by utter stupidity."
https://effectiviology.com/hanlons-razor/

Report Reveals Limited Accounting Records, Commingled Funds at FTX Digital Markets in the Bahamas - PWC, one of the ‘Big Four’ auditors and among the largest professional services ne... - https://news.bitcoin.com/report-reveals-limited-accounting-records-commingled-funds-at-ftx-digital-markets-in-the-bahamas/ #jointprovisionalliquidators #limitedaccountingrecords #antecedenttransactions #cryptocurrencyindustry #financialinstitutions #professionalservices #bahamiansubsidiary

Adding more status meetings to a late project will make it even later.

#Consulting #Freelancing #ProjectManagement #ProfessionalServices

More on the 'outdoor relief' for the #professionalservices class... after earlier this week the Govt. dropped limitations on budget allocations to #consultants (not the medical sort), it now emerges that the #NHS spent over £80m on #managementconsultants last year - there's no money for a wage rise for #nurses, but there's plenty to fund the big firms offering 'advice' on how to deal with the #NHScrisis (in itself a crisis brought about by defunding!)

@openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-consultants-spending-millions-2022-covid/

Interestingly, and relatively quietly, a shift in the UK's model of #capitalism is taking place;

firms interest in & uptake of #employee ownership is on the rise;

while not without its problems its a move away from the #worker-as-cost model (albeit concentrated for now in #professionalservices)

A cynic might see this as a way fro #entreprenuers to cash out in a virtue signally way, but equally looking at Julian Richer as an example, this may also be a real shit (hopefully)!

Congratulations Team Capgemini Australia for successfully completing the qualification process for your Go-to-Market package offerings on #RISEwithSAP. Your package addresses the specific business needs of companies in the #ProfessionalServices industry in #Australia and it has been reviewed and qualified as an SAP-qualified partner-packaged solution.

Being a field engineer/customer engineer/pro services/solutions architect/etc. (seems like this role has a lot of names) at my old job I felt like our team wasn't respected (oh you're just consultants, what do you know?) Where I work now, this team is actually respected for our knowledge and I really appreciate that.

#fieldengineer #customerengineer #professionalservices