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.

That this internal turmoil has come to light is testament to the depth of sourcing of journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe.

This detailed account of the firm’s activities provides an often devastating insiders’ story of the ways in which McKinsey fails in that mission.

Bogdanich and Forsythe assemble a damning indictment of McKinsey’s practices through an excavation of its confidential (and controversial) business recommendations.

... revelatory and often shocking.

A startling case study of how unchecked corporate power affects world affairs—and all of us..