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{{A|people|}}{{ | {{A|people|[[File:Sucked_Egg.gif|450px|center|A management consultant’s strategy yesterday]]}}{{quote|A former McKinsey employee has described the company as “capital’s willing executioners”: if you want something done but don’t want to get your hands dirty, McKinsey will do it for you. That escape from accountability is one of the most valuable services that management consultancies provide. | ||
:''[https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey Will A.I. become the New McKinsey?]'' Ted Chiang, ''New Yorker'', May 2023}} | |||
One of those people with an [[MBA]] who is profoundly deaf to protest “that is easier said than done”, largely because {{sex|his}} role is to ''say'', while some other poor sap<ref>See, for example, [[Head of the documentation unit]]</ref> is expected to ''do''. | |||
A “good” [[management consultant]] approaches {{sex|her}} task the same way a bad teacher approaches a parent-teacher evening: by begging questions.<ref>Sample exchange: <br> | A “good” [[management consultant]] approaches {{sex|her}} task the same way a bad teacher approaches a parent-teacher evening: by begging questions.<ref>Sample exchange: <br> | ||
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Indeed, the art of [[management consultancy]] is to carry out countless chargeable hours precisely ''without'' doing that: the key is to elicit ideas ''from the client'' as to what to do, responsibility for which, when inevitably they fail, can safely be laid at the client’s own door. | Indeed, the art of [[management consultancy]] is to carry out countless chargeable hours precisely ''without'' doing that: the key is to elicit ideas ''from the client'' as to what to do, responsibility for which, when inevitably they fail, can safely be laid at the client’s own door. | ||
In ordinary Euclidian [[space-time]], there is a simple formula — not quite as elegant as ''E = MC<sup>2</sup>'', but close — which sets an immutable bound on the minimum time (''t'') required for a management consultant’s “output” (''∞'') to be implemented<ref>Careful: a management consultant’s output is ''never'' called a “recommendation”.</ref> | In ordinary Euclidian [[space-time]], there is a simple formula — not quite as elegant as ''E = MC<sup>2</sup>'', but close — which sets an immutable bound on the minimum time (''t'') required for a management consultant’s “output” (''∞'') to be implemented,<ref>Careful: a management consultant’s output is ''never'' called a “recommendation”.</ref> which must be longer than the maximum theoretical length (''L'') of the [[management consultant]]’s engagement (''e'''). | ||
:''T∞ >L<sub>e'</sub>'' | :''T∞ >L<sub>e'</sub>'' | ||
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