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McK alum here. Article is drawing conclusions on 6,000 ppl based on allegations of actions of a few. Client confidentiality reigns supreme within the culture, t
by samirmm 16y ago
McK alum here. Article is drawing conclusions on 6,000 ppl based on allegations of actions of a few. Client confidentiality reigns supreme within the culture, though no cultural is monolithic. Stuff always slips through.
For example, consultants at McK are labeled as 'conflicted' if they have served a competitor of a client in a given industry. Therefore, no consultant at the firm can serve competing firms. And the firm's institutional knowledge which gets carried over is stuff you can read in HBR/McK Quarterly.
Can't excuse blatant securities fraud, but to paint the entire industry with such a brush is slightly sensationalist.
- sudhirc 16y ago"Consultants at McK are labeled as 'conflicted' if they have served a competitor of a client in a given industry." and in couple of years consultant runs out of industries.
- lukeschlather 16y agoOnly if they've been burned so many bridges that they can't do further work for the firms they've worked with in the past.
- notaddicted 16y agoI believe it is common in Law firms as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall#Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall#Law
- WillyF 16y agoOnce McK consultants reach a certain level, they tend to work with the same clients over and over again.
- lolwtf 16y agoThis is HN. Anybody who works for a big corp is evil. Anybody with an MBA is evil. Anybody who is over 30 is evil. Anybody who goes to an Ivy league is evil. Anybody who does management consulting or finance is evil. Which part of that did you miss?
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoI'm not too familiar with your former business, but didn't you do case studies, ask experienced colleagues for advice, and give industry-specific training? There are lots of ways to share some information without handing over a competitor's balance sheet...
- localhost3000 16y agogotta crank those page views, my man.