Dirty Consultant: Part 4 - Best Practice is Worst Practice

At Orchan, we’ve seen consulting at its best - and at its glossiest. Dirty Consultant is our no-nonsense series calling out the theatre, the buzzwords, and the shiny distractions that get in the way of real change. Because true consulting isn’t about polished decks or clever algorithms - it’s about rolling up sleeves, getting into the grit, and facing the messy human reality head-on.

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“Best practice.”
Consultants love to drop those two words like they’re magic dust.

They’ll tell you, “This is how the market leaders do it.”
“This is the proven model everyone follows.”
“This is best practice.”

Sounds smart, right?
Except it’s lazy.

Here’s the truth:
What works brilliantly in one company can crash and burn in another.
Because culture isn’t copy-paste.
Context isn’t universal.
And your people aren’t someone else’s case study.

Best practice? More often than not, it’s just someone else’s story, stripped of context and dressed up as a shiny solution.

At Orchan, we don’t deal in best practice.
We deal in your practice.
Your mess.
Your complexity.
Your lived reality.

Because real change doesn’t come from lifting models off the shelf.
It comes from building solutions that fit your organisation like a glove - flaws, quirks, and all.

So next time a consultant promises you “best practice,” ask them:
Best for who?
Because if it isn’t best for your people, it isn’t best.

At Orchan, we don’t worship best practice.
We create right practice.

Want solutions built for your reality? changenow@orchan.asia. Or call us: +603-7972 6377

Let’s build what works - for you.