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The Flawless Consulting Fieldbook and Companion

Peter Block

“Looking for ways to minimize risk is a form of collusion. It is yielding to our own doubt and backing away from our own vulnerability. Risk cannot be reasoned or reassured away. A strategy that is designed to avoid risk becomes a strategy to avoid change.”
—Peter Block, The Flawless Consulting Fieldbook and Companion


the place where we once had a picnic
is now underwater

that one thick branch
of the shade tree
is now hovering
over the rippling surface

its trunk submerged—
holding its breath
for us

Last updated: August 8, 2023