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When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm
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91/100Author:
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe
Publisher:
Doubleday
Date:
October 4, 2022
McKinsey & Company is the most prestigious consulting company in the world, earning billions of dollars in fees from major corporations and governments who turn to it to maximize their profits and enhance efficiency. McKinsey's vaunted statement of values asserts that its role is to make the world a better place, and its reputation for excellence and discretion attracts top talent from universities around the world. But what does it actually do?
What The Reviewers Say
In a masterpiece of investigative journalism, Bogdanich and Forsythe pierce McKinsey’s 'culture of secrecy' — a process they describe as 'akin to chasing shadows' — to expose conflicts of interest, corruption, hypocrisy. and strategic blunders that read like a prosecutor’s indictment.
... deeply reported.
It’s a pleasure to see a couple of serious journalists set about giving McKinsey a good kicking, for the firm is so irritatingly smug.
... a damning account of the way McKinsey has made workplaces unsafe, ditched consumer protections, disembowelled regulatory agencies, ravaged health and social care organisations, plundered public institutions, hugely reduced workforces and increased worker exploitation.
