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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. LaundroMat ◴[19 Oct 24 18:21 UTC] No.41889555[source]▶

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As the saying goes, you pay a consultant to look at your watch and tell you what time it is.

Sometimes this means consultants bring you back to the right perspective, sometimes it means they don't add any value.

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Have McKinsey and its consulting rivals got too big?