The Strategic Independent

1. Intro

• Introduction

2. Becoming Independent

• The Quest for Strategy Work
• Mapping the Indie Consulting Journey

3. Finding Work

• Strange Attraction
• Weak Ties & Strong Intros
• Rejecting Specialization

4. Ways of Seeing

• Workshops as Portals
• The Consultant's Grain
• Ways of Seeing
• How (and why) to roll your own frameworks in consulting engagements

5. Yes! And...

• The Office is a Theatre for Work
• How to Give Advice
• Optimism as an Operating System
• Blocking & Unblocking Clients
• Navigating Power & Status
• The Contrary Consultant

6. Chronos & Kairos

• The Consultant Out of Time
• The Jigsaw of Independence

7. The Inner Life of Consultants

• I, Consultant
• Compound Narrative (draft)

8. Appendix

• Concepts
• References & Further Reading