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Silk Purses from Sow’s Ears & Flying Lead Balloons

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It’s that time of the year; review your past successes and update your plans for the coming year or so… I was doing some research on selling professional services, and ran accross the “best business brochure ever written”. It was a brochure written by Arthur D. Little for his fledgling consulting firm. In it, he describes how his team literally converted sows ears into a silk purse! The purpose of the article? To demonstrate that the commonly accepted wisdom is not “true”, merely difficult. Secondly, along the same lines, the firm sought to make lead balloons fly. Quite successfully, too! … Read More

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