Not if you're ordinary please

I am about to move into a role where I will hire consultants. Part of my job will be to build a team of reliability consultants for asset intensive industries throughout the Asia Pacific.

I can't really tell you who I will be looking for, or what skills yet. But I can tell you what I won't be looking for.

I won't be looking for anybody who is ordinary. The problem with ordinary is that it is abundant. if you are going to be ordinary, then you had better be cheap. Because I can get ordinary anywhere.

I will be looking for those consultants who are above ordinary. The people who have been through the big jobs and survived. People with an enviable track record. Hopefully, people with a few holes in their CV where they took time to be a bit wierd.

Why? Because I like extra-ordinary people. My clients like extra-ordinary people. Clients will not pay for ordinary, and neither should they. Ordinary is everywhere.


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