{"id":641,"date":"2026-09-15T21:13:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/?p=641"},"modified":"2026-09-15T21:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:13:58","slug":"game-consultant-roulette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/game-consultant-roulette\/","title":{"rendered":"Game: Consultant roulette"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Consultant roulette<\/strong> is a slang term used in business and project management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It describes the unpredictable experience of hiring or working with external consultants. Just like playing <strong>roulette<\/strong> in a casino, you don&#8217;t fully know what outcome you are going to get until the wheel stops spinning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the key concepts broken down simply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Uncertain Quality (The Spin):<\/strong> When a company hires a consulting firm, they often pitch their team using senior executives or top-tier experts. However, once the contract is signed, the actual work might be handed off to junior staff or less experienced consultants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lack of Continuity (The Next Round):<\/strong> Consultants often rotate in and out of projects quickly. By the time a consultant starts to understand your business, they might be reassigned, forcing you to start over with someone new.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Gamble (Win or Lose):<\/strong> You might end up with an amazing consultant who transforms your business (a win), or you might pay a high fee for someone who delivers generic, unhelpful advice (a loss).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Simple Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine hiring a top-rated catering company for a wedding after tasting delicious food made by their head chef. On your wedding day, the head chef doesn&#8217;t show up. Instead, two temporary assistants arrive who barely know how to cook, but you are still charged the full high-end price. That unpredictability is &#8220;consultant roulette.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consultant roulette is a slang term used in business and project management. It describes the unpredictable experience of hiring or working with external consultants. Just like playing roulette in a casino, you don&#8217;t fully know what outcome you are going to get until the wheel stops spinning. Here are the key concepts broken down simply: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,47],"tags":[56,48,46,44],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-working","tag-balance","tag-bingo","tag-leader","tag-worklife"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hansweb.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}