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Even if it's the placebo effect, if McKinsey can make organizations operate more effectively with pre-fab slide decks, then it's worth it. They are providing va
by JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago
Even if it's the placebo effect, if McKinsey can make organizations operate more effectively with pre-fab slide decks, then it's worth it. They are providing value to the organization.
- dasil003 6y agoThe point is that probably 20% of the ICs at the company could diagnose the problem over a beer but management keeps such a stranglehold over access and narrative that only an overpaid consultant wearing a nice suit is acceptable politically.
- afarrell 6y agoSure. Similarly, the US government "knew" about 9/11 and Pearl Harbour hours before the planes hit anything. But understanding which signals to pay attention to and make decisions upon is genuinely a hard challenge of leadership.
- dasil003 6y agoAgreed. But are you saying McKinsey is better at that?
- mpyne 6y agoFor better or worse, McKinsey and outfits like them have an ability to package a given set of advice in a way that the needed audience will be more likely to heed. Partly because they can MBA the lingo, but also just from the imputed competence that comes from having spent a goddamn boatload on their brand name.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoThat makes sense, and is a really good example of organizational cognitive dissonance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance