Across to UCL this evening to be a panellist, alongside Jeremy Oppenheim of SYSTEMIQ, at an event launching The Big Con, a new book by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington. Stonkingly hot in the famous lecture theatre, with a large screen immediately behind us serving like a giant 15-bar radiator. But a lively discussion – and, overall, a devastating critique of the way the Big 3 strategy consultancies (Bain, BCG, McKinsey – Jeremy’s alma mater as it happens) and the Big 4 accounting firms (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PWC) ‘infantilise’ their clients, whether intentionally or not.
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