In a previous lifetime, I developed airline reservation systems software.
The owner and CEO of one of our customers (a rapidly growing regional airline) was a larger than life figure who kept chilled Finlandia vodka in a mini-freezer in his office and liked to tell stories. One day he told me a story. He said – “Danny, there are two kinds of consultants, good consultants and bad consultants. You ask them what time it is. The good consultant will look at your watch and say it’s 9:30, take his fee and leave. The bad consultant will tell you it’s 9:30, steal your watch and run with the money”.