Lets help politicians make more money

I am an expert consultant, negotiator and problem solver. A team of politicians from New Delhi recently approached me to get a complex problem solved. Here’s the case summary. Problem : Corrupt Politicians and buereucrats in Delhi need to make more money, they have children to feed and needs to be met. They’ve extracted every penny they could from every all departments during the Commonwealth Games construction lootfest and can’t think of ways to make more money. Brief (presented by Politicians to me) : All the roads, drains, streetlights, flyovers, stadiums – everything is perfect in New Delhi now as we have spent $20 billion on them. The unprecedented rains, which helped us earn a 15% bonus on our commissions as a lot of roads had to be...

Understanding Clients !

I wish understanding clients was an easy job. I also wish clients would be more understanding. Neither of my wishes have come true very often, at the same time, business continues to expand, which makes me think there is a way around. These thoughts come into my mind on a day I spent with two different clients. For both, I’m working on complex software projects to create custom information systems that meet their requirement. To do this, our teams have met several times, many design ideas were floated, mockups prepared and changes made as per their requirements. All steps of pre-defined SLDC (Software Development Life Cycle) is being followed, project plans are regularly updated etc. In the first case, it’s becoming impossible to understand the...