Re:McKinsey to pay $573M to settle claims over opioid crisis...
by klmadfejno on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:23AM
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I hear this one pretty often. I'm sure it happens to some extent. But flip the perspective there. You're talking about a a company that is so dysfunctional its leaders can't make decisions on their own. Getting stuff done there sounds pretty difficult to begin with. If stuff gets done, that's valuable. That's part of what I'm saying. Business is hard.
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Re:McKinsey to pay $573M to settle claims over opioid crisis...
by 8ytecoder on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:35AM
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They parrot back exactly what the business wants to do. I’ve seen it in action. Rarely do they ever say anything that’s truly business changing.
Re:McKinsey to pay $573M to settle claims over opioid crisis...
by ativzzz on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:53AM
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And yet, the business can't actually do those things without them for some reason (well often can't do it with consultants either). Large groups of people have weird dynamics.
Re:McKinsey to pay $573M to settle claims over opioid crisis...
by exikyut on Thursday February 04, 2021 @11:54AM
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"Business changing" in this context would seem to mean "actually getting anything done at all", ie pushing back against the bureaucracy. See also "meets expectations" -> firing line, "exceeds expectations" -> kept on.