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Coordination Meetings

By Alanna Shaikh | 5 October, 20125 October, 2012 | 1 Comments |

Time spent at coordination meetings: worrying, pretending to take notes, planning next vacation, discovering the World Bank is about to crush you

You always think they’re a waste of time, and there’s always that one really important thing you find out at the end…

 

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International Consultants

By Alanna Shaikh | 27 September, 20125 October, 2012 | 0 Comments |

There are four kinds of consultants: useful, very useful, too crazy for their home country, and "at least we'll keep the burn rate up"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The key is to figure out which kind they are before you fly them to your office.

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