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My understanding was they were brought in to validate the opinion of the hirer. As I once said before "This was one of those big eye opening moments for me. Co
by kneebonian 4y ago
My understanding was they were brought in to validate the opinion of the hirer. As I once said before
"This was one of those big eye opening moments for me. Consultants are hired mercenaries in coporate warfare, they don't care about you, they don't care about your company or the rivalries or the squabbaling. You pay them a bunch of money to come run roughshod over your enemies by producing reams of analysis and Powerpoints, to fling the arrows of jargon, and lay siege to your enemies employees by endlessly trapping them in meetings and then they depart.
Consultants are brought in to secure your flank, to provide air cover and to act as disposable pawns in interoffice combat.
They are not brought in to solve problems, to find solutions, or because of their incredibly acumen. It's because they have no loyalty or love but money."
- doctor_eval 4y agoI think I saw this the first time you wrote it. It’s genius, and I think perfectly accurate. (Although, speaking as a consultant, we are not all like that. It is of course the big consulting companies being hired into the big-end-of-town companies. Some of us little guys really do care about our customers.)
- Galxeagle 4y agoCopying my favorite quote from a different thread about data scientists: it's 'decision-based evidence-making'
- yamtaddle 4y agoThey're also an acceptable form of corporate espionage. Mid- and higher-level consultants (there's usually one with relevant experience at least advising a team remotely, at least providing some background documents for them) will provide sets of "best practices" for you to adopt... that they learned from your competition. Anything you're doing well, they'll note, and those will be "best practices" when your competition engages them again.