A Pivot al Moment in Management Consulting
The practice of selling “management consulting” has undergone a handful of tectonic shifts since Edwin Booz convinced Sears, the “department” store outfit to hire him. (Yes, I am aware I am cherry...
View ArticleWhat Type of Employee? What about Those Who Work at McKinsey & Co.?
Note: This essay is the work of a real and still-alive dinobaby. No smart software involved, just a dumb humanoid. Yes, I read When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most...
View ArticleThe AI Bandwagon: A Hoped for Lawyer Billing Bonanza
This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. The AI bandwagon is picking up speed. A dark smudge appears in the sky. What is it? An unidentified aerial phenomenon? No, it is a...
View ArticleA Former Yahooligan and Xoogler Offers Management Advice: Believe It or Not!
This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. I read a remarkable interview / essay / news story called “Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Delivers Sharp-Elbowed Rebuke of...
View ArticleAI Is Here to Help Blue Chip Consulting Firms: Consultants, Tighten Your Seat...
This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. I read “Deloitte Is Looking at AI to Help Avoid Mass Layoffs in Future.” The write up explains that blue chip consulting firms...
View ArticleAI and the Obvious: Hire Us and Pay Us to Tell You Not to Worry
This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. I read “Accenture Chief Says Most Companies Not Ready for AI Rollout.” The paywalled write up is an opinion from one of Captain...
View ArticleWhy Stuff No Longer Works Very Well
This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. Own a Tesla? What about those Southwest flight delays? Been to a hospital emergency room in DC? Tried to get a plumber on a...
View ArticleThe Cost of Clever
This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. A New Year and I want to highlight an interesting story which I spotted in SFGate: “Consulting Firm McKinsey Agrees to $78 Million...
View ArticleThe US Government Needs Its McKinsey Fix
This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. Governments don’t know how to spend their money wisely. Despite all its grandness, the United States has a deficit spending...
View ArticleAn Allocation Society or a Knowledge Value System? Pick One, Please!
This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. I get random inquiries, usually from LinkedIn, asking me about books I would recommend to a younger person trying to [a] create a...
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