[jaggederest]

There's also good money to be made telling people what they already know, usually in the form of a report and/or powerpoint deck

[chasd00]

> report and/or powerpoint deck

if you can sell someone on a second report to verify the first you can make a lot of money too.

"a man with one watch always knows what time it is, a man with two watches is never quite sure"

[jaggederest]

That implies the existence of reports 3 through N, so we should probably automate the process...

[groby_b]

Ah, but you only tell them the things they already know and want to hear.

That filter is crucial in any kind of advisory/consulting work. You're there to confirm biases, in 95% of the cases.

[cortesoft]

It depends on who is paying you. Sometimes, people pay you to tell OTHER people things they know but don't want to hear.

[joewhale]

these are what self help books are.