The big con how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies
"A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry--and what to do about it There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today that must change. Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our...
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The big con--a confidence trick
- What is the consulting industry?
- Where consulting came from : a brief history
- The outsourcing turn : government by consultancy and the third way
- The big confidence trick : consultology and economic rents
- Evading the risks, reaping the rewards : the business model
- Infantilizing organizations : when learning is undermined across government and business
- Colliding interests : consultancies and democracy
- Climate consulting : an existential threat?
- Conclusion: A government that rows so it can steer.
