Hello from my extended-stay hotel room, where I am just about to start the next leg of my first foray into the world of consulting. I'm trying hard to not use military jargon (what's a synonym for foray?!) but it's turning out to be quite irresistible. Indeed, I had always looked on consultants as the "mercenaries of the professional world", dropping into to crisis situations, fighting through it, and pulling out once peace is restored. Now that I have had a taste, there is one very...