Jim, may I claim to be an exception?
Stijloor.
Sure. I said "many" not "most" or "all." As Sidney pointed out earlier, if there are bad consultants, it's mostly due to market demand.
Back in the 90s (I think) there was an article about Deming in the
Chicago Tribune. The writer asked him how he would like to be remembered, and he replied, "Well, if I could be remembered as someone who spent his life trying to keep American manufacturing from commiting suicide..."
What Deming was referring to there is part of the same syndrome that causes business owners to look for expedient paths and panaceas, and that's also why there are consultants who are more than willing to fulfill that "need." They are the Jack Kevorkians of the consulting profession, providing
assisted suicide.