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If you have 20 hours worth of variations: do you think your client will rejoice? Typically, no! Clients demand transparency! They have every right to know: (i) why you are charging them, and (ii) what they will get in return. It will not do to simply say: variation: 20 hours. Why not? Clients will assume…

This will probably apply wherever you work: don’t send project and firm related correspondence on your private whatsapp chats, or on your private emails etc. Why not? It’s very hard to track. We have no record. Nothing can be verified. Protect yourself, your careers, your firm, and your clients: it’s pretty simple: avoid using private…

When traveling overseas, especially India, I often hear the following: “Where are you? “I’m almost there” “When will you arrive?” “Five minutes!” They always say: “five minutes”. Once, I remember waiting, for at least 45 minutes. Not sure if this is a cultural thing. I’ve heard Indians say: “Oh, that’s IST – Indian Standard Timing”.…

Here is a memo we received from one of our clients. Such memos are not infrequent: I am pushing for stamped drawings, however from the IFAs issued there should be no changes made. I need to begin the steel ordering process tomorrow. There is a lead time on the ordering of the steel, and by…