“the person who made the previous world’s largest slice of cake”
Mr. Beast himself
Neither of these two people are people who you’ll find at a consulting firm. Ie maybe the attitude prescribed here is less “go look for people who market themselves as consultants” and more “go find someone who’s among the best in the world at the thing you’re trying to do and pay them to talk to you”. That sounds like a good idea to me if you can tell who’s good and if they’re affordable.
Seems noteworthy that in the two examples:
“the person who made the previous world’s largest slice of cake”
Mr. Beast himself
Neither of these two people are people who you’ll find at a consulting firm. Ie maybe the attitude prescribed here is less “go look for people who market themselves as consultants” and more “go find someone who’s among the best in the world at the thing you’re trying to do and pay them to talk to you”. That sounds like a good idea to me if you can tell who’s good and if they’re affordable.