Too many overconfident anecdotal HBR 'instructive stories' remind me of the old adage 'an economist is someone who can tell you a thousand ways to make love but

Too many overconfident anecdotal HBR 'instructive stories' remind me of the old adage 'an economist is someone who can tell you a thousand ways to make love but has never actually met a member of their opposite sex'...the authors often appear to be hackademics, VC bag handlers and other theorists with little practical experience...