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Re:"McKinsey in a Box": The End of Strategic Consulting? by notTooFarGone on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:10AM (#44861491)
Accountability sinks is the buzzword we are looking at here. It's to do something that is not easy to do in an organization due to major breaks in the current status quo.

The risk of doing one thing and complaints hampering the progress there is often too high which is why you give authority to a third party who will just do it regardless of feedback. One time breaks are necessary sometimes but can also be misused a lot for things employees want to do anyway. It's up to leadership to identify what is necessary and not generally possible with the current crew.

Re:"McKinsey in a Box": The End of Strategic Consulting? by simianwords on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:16AM (#44861526)
This doesn’t check out. The org hierarchy exists and accountability is placed at the right level in the hierarchy.
Re:"McKinsey in a Box": The End of Strategic Consulting? by fmajid on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:42AM (#44873122)
The term accountability sink was originally intended to describe how bureaucracies cover their asses from customers, regulators and employees, but certainly not from the company owners.