30 Concurrent RFPs isn't that much fun

Just a quick late posting for the day. Helsinki is fun. The AIMS team is fun. The food and beer is pretty good. However responding to 30 poorly written RFPs is not fun. Just when you think you've got a solution for one RFP, you then realise there is unnecessary overlap which negates half of what you've just spent the last two days writing. I've never seen a client as fragmented and disjointed as this particular one. Thankfully today has been a productive (albeit very long) day. What today has taught me is that even in an extremely complex environment, if you can't explain in a few words what you are trying to do, then what you're trying to do is probably too complex for it to work. Those of you who know me know what I think about the importance of communication; these last few days has simply gone to confirm my initial beliefs. A simple idea explained clearly is worth a hundred better ideas explained poorly.