A few years ago I was travelling by bicycle through Asia. Cycling through Mongolia was a great adventure. The roads of the country made me think of the capricious nature of choosing: sometimes there was a clear path to follow, sometimes there wasn’t. It happened that the concrete road was full of holes, but most of the times we had to plough through the mud, or we roamed hardly recognizable dirtroads, bumpy paths full of rocks or worn-down tracks where carts used to pass. Which of these roads would lead to my goal? Isn’t it better or easier to just start a new route, where the old routes have all but disappeared? Will paths that seem parallel here, not divert further ahead? Occasionally I stumbled upon a dead end and there was nothing left to do but turn around. Or the vista was so unbelievably grand, and the choices immeasurable, that I almost did not dare to chose. I felt like a writer reluctant to write the first sentence.

In the end, making a choice is up to you. We feel that, in giving advice, mindful listening and asking questions is the place to start. Hardly ever the solution lies in a consultant answering questions. We can coach projects or processes where a high degree of cooperation and communication is required, but far from obvious.

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