Julia Priu’s Reviews > When McKinsey Comes to Town > Status Update

“Stop using legality as a barometer for ethicality” 👏

“The article revealed some uncomfortable truths about how far the firm would go in serving clients. According to the article, McKinsey recommended that ICE spend less on food, medical care, and supervision of detainees—proposals that alarmed even some ICE officials who questioned whether the cuts justified the human cost.”

maybe… (just maybe) the way for a company to cut costs and increase efficiency is to NOT Hire mckinsey for over $8 million…

“When management consulting untethered executives from particular industries or firms am tied them instead to management in general, it also led them to embrace the one thing common to all corporations: making money for shareholders.”

“‘it is easier and more effective to train outstanding people in their formative years.’ He didn’t want consultants offering advice filtered through their prior business experience or, worse yet, their intuition.”

yikes