| ▲ | steve1977 6 hours ago |
| > McKinsey is trying to do software like they do their other engagements. It doesn't work. I mean, it doesn't work for their consulting gigs either. There's a reason McKinsey has such a bad reputation. |
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| ▲ | _doctor_love 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| But it does work for them? They make tons of money. |
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| ▲ | steve1977 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Well, fair point. It doesn't work for their clients. | |
| ▲ | operatingthetan 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | As an ex-consultant: consulting at that level is kind of a grift. They over-promise and under-deliver as SOP. It's ripe for AI disruption, whatever that looks like. | | |
| ▲ | steve1977 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ideally, executives will get replaced by AI soon. Which should actually be easier than engineers. That will kind of solve the consulting problem automatically. |
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| ▲ | Spooky23 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Their model works great. It’s really about bypassing the existing power structure of the company. Competence of the work itself is a secondary objective. Most in-house initiatives can be slow rolled by management. The fresh faced consultant with 2-3 steps to access the CEO neutralizes that. It seems grifty but is really exploiting bugs in corporate governance. The current fad of firing the managers is a riff on this. Every jackass C-level is coming up with the novel idea of flattening. |
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| ▲ | steve1977 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | This somehow implies that initiatives or strategies from consultants are somewhat successful. This is not the case in my experience. | | |
| ▲ | entrox 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | No, you misunderstood. It is not about their output, it almost never is. Most of the times, the business decision has already been made long before McK is hired. It’s all about legitimizing that decision and making it happen. You can also wield them as a weapon against internal competitors or opponents. Look up how they were used to kill off Cariad for example. | |
| ▲ | Spooky23 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | They reflect the will of the principal who hired them. Success is in the eye of the beholder. |
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