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Non-Fiction

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multigraincracker

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Mon Dec 30, 2024, 06:24 PM Dec 30

Reading When McKinsey Comes to Town. Great book, as I had never heard about the subject. [View all]

Strange that such a powerful org. isn't in the news very often. The only disappoint was Pete Buttigieg's involvement in it. Looked it up and his association with it was very limited and he couldn't say much about it because of NDA he signed.
I've never been fond of "expert" consultants. When I worked for a large auto company they had some MBA consultants come in to improve the productivity of a part of the business I was involved in, shipping cars to the dealers. They had decided that it would be more efficient to use the model they used for UPS. Us workers laughed at them the whole time. Their ideas were a terrible fit for our operation. But, they never thought about speaking to us workers that actually do the job. Ended up going back to way we always did the job. Company waisted a lot of money on them.
Excellent book if you are interested in the subject of Consultants.

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