Yesterday Jason Falls wrote a great blog post about incentive-based consulting and the age-old question in a service business…what do we do when someone asks “can I pick your brain?”…for free. Jason makes a couple of points I’d like to illustrate.
1. A couple of weeks ago Peter Shankman tweeted the following:
2. Kami Watson Huyse wrote a blog post about the arrogance of that tweet and how micro-fame breeds rudeness.
3. And Jason says, “by asking for my nice guy helpfulness, you’re costing me money.” (more…)