Consultant, heal thyself! Inside McKinsey’s annus horribilis

Consultant, heal thyself! Inside McKinsey’s annus horribilis

With the beleaguered company’s managing partner departing amid questions over McKinsey's role in the US opioid crisis, we ask how could one of the world’s top consulting companies get it so wrong?

Words: Tom Ward

Consultants get a bad rap. Some may argue unfairly so. But when you pause to consider what McKinsey & Company has been up to recently, it seems this negativity might be well-earned.

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