I am an HR Manager at a large geopolitical consulting firm. I started out hoping to do consulting work myself, but a) can't afford the schooling and b) like 90% of people who try to get into the field are unemployed. Doing HR for them is the next best thing, steady job with clear growth potential, but at the same time I get to talk about fascinating topics with a fascinating group of people. I'm good at my job because I know a lot about a lot of topics, which is bad for a consultant as you need to specialize but good for my role as I can be talking to specialists on Ghana or Global Health issues or coal mining and know the right questions to ask them to test their knowledge and creativity. It's why I've been promoted so quickly and I now head HR in one of the larger offices.
For those who don't know, geopoli consultants are PhD holders who get paid by governments, militaries, and sometimes businesses (though rarely, they aren't business consultants) to predict the future on topics including international relations, domestic politics of various countries, security issues like terrorist groups, and the like. I'll say this, for most people in the field Russia invading Ukraine was not surprising.
For those who don't know, geopoli consultants are PhD holders who get paid by governments, militaries, and sometimes businesses (though rarely, they aren't business consultants) to predict the future on topics including international relations, domestic politics of various countries, security issues like terrorist groups, and the like. I'll say this, for most people in the field Russia invading Ukraine was not surprising.
