There is a very clear effect, the bureaucrats can distance themselves from any unpopular policies or decisions and blame the consultants.

dgellow an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I guess AI agents are the new consultants?

tedious cliche. these types of consultants arent advising on high level f500 decisions.

	▲	toast0 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What do management consultants do? Afaik, their job is to give management the cover managment thinks it needs to do the things it wants to do or thinks it needs to do. The article claims the study says the billions spent on management consultants didn't move any metrics significantly, other than a small negative change for stroke readmissions.