I should add that, even at a think tank and high end management consulting firm, I've been told that I over-complicate work, speak too fast, or use words that are too large. I often feel stymied. I'm also convinced meetings were designed for butt kissing and cow-towing. I can usually succeed at implementing my more complex ideas, but it requires inordinate explaining, coalition building and, to some extent, people just saying, "ok, we still don't understand, but we trust you."

That's one of the reasons I left my consulting firm--I felt dirty providing such gross over-simplifications to our clients. No scientific method. This was a major consultancy, too.

What is to give light must endure burning.