I lived through the strategic planning process, run by name-brand consultants, at two large law firms. One was funnier than the next and I’m pretty sure that the methodology and results would have been the same if the client had been a candy store or a third-world country. B-school bullshit. The worst part was that supposedly smart people bought it, hook, line and sinker.
I lived through the strategic planning process, run by name-brand consultants, at two large law firms. One was funnier than the next and I’m pretty sure that the methodology and results would have been the same if the client had been a candy store or a third-world country. B-school bullshit. The worst part was that supposedly smart people bought it, hook, line and sinker.
I was also privy to the results of consultants, who wasted huge amounts of money in two places I worked. I even have an old friend who managed to make a living as a "gender consultant" (she was even hired once by the USN, which struck me as really weird, since her competence and training consisted of waking up one day and deciding she had a "skill" she could peddle).
the consultant game is an amazing one, because it's ALL like that. people who think they know nothing (and might be right) hire people who know nothing to tell them that they started out knowing nothing, making them the same as anybody else. except that they started out DOING something, even if they sucked at it. I don't think I'm awake enough to continue, but the implications are vast, although they might not be.
I lived through the strategic planning process, run by name-brand consultants, at two large law firms. One was funnier than the next and I’m pretty sure that the methodology and results would have been the same if the client had been a candy store or a third-world country. B-school bullshit. The worst part was that supposedly smart people bought it, hook, line and sinker.
I was also privy to the results of consultants, who wasted huge amounts of money in two places I worked. I even have an old friend who managed to make a living as a "gender consultant" (she was even hired once by the USN, which struck me as really weird, since her competence and training consisted of waking up one day and deciding she had a "skill" she could peddle).
the consultant game is an amazing one, because it's ALL like that. people who think they know nothing (and might be right) hire people who know nothing to tell them that they started out knowing nothing, making them the same as anybody else. except that they started out DOING something, even if they sucked at it. I don't think I'm awake enough to continue, but the implications are vast, although they might not be.