Barabba, Vincent; Pourdehnad, John; Ackoff, Russell L. - In: Strategy & Leadership 30 (2002) 5, pp. 5-9
The authors argue that consultants are of two types: self‐promoting gurus and educators. Gurus that pontificate and promote their proprietary problem solving techniques do not educate their clients. They promote maxims that define rules of behavior but do not increase the competence of...
