Consultants and coaches are like truffle pigs. Except that they don’t find truffles, but rather the last remnants of everyday life, which they then inflate into a “leadership challenge.” If there’s even the most banal moment lurking somewhere that can be squeezed into a PowerPoint presentation and labeled “mindful leadership” – bang, there they are.
The LinkedIn discussion about white sneakers for executives has shown that madness knows no bounds. And the scene is like, “Wait a minute—if we can discuss whether shoe color determines the future of leadership, then we can monetize EVERYTHING.”









