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Have McKinsey and its consulting rivals got too big?

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167 points godelmachine | 2 comments | 19 Oct 24 14:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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samdung ◴[19 Oct 24 16:56 UTC] No.41888940[source]▶
I have a small story about McKinsey from friend of mine in the Indian Bureaucracy from about 10-12 years ago.

McKinsey was doing some work for their dept. I asked him what they did. He said, "McKinsey asked us for lots of information. Then they put it into a dossier and gave it back to us."

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1. neilv ◴[19 Oct 24 17:41 UTC] No.41889267[source]▶
There've been variations on this saying/joke for at least as long as I've been working, not specific to McKinsey.

Example: "A consultant is someone who charges you $100K, to tell you at the end, what you told them at the beginning."

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2. nothercastle ◴[19 Oct 24 17:56 UTC] No.41889369[source]▶
It’s part of the executive game. Make their position or opinion seem legitimate