By Corrie Block
Like many of you, I began my consulting career on the two key elements of consulting that have nothing to do with business or organizational dynamics: luck and wit. It was both that earned me my job in the Middle East.
At my request I am in Taiz, Yemen, learning Arabic with the intent to open a branch office of our small firm in Sana'a in the next few years. With an eye for the future, I began investigating the opportunities for consulting in Yemen and found out that essentially none of the organizations that I am used to working for (companies, ministries of government, etc.) actually exist in my Western framework for organizations.
