[stakhanov]

Mutually Exclusive & Comprehensively Exhaustive. It's how to do bullet points according to McKinsey. They had to invent it in the 1960s because apparently by the 1960s no one at McKinsey was yet, you know, aware of the existence of centuries' worth of literature on formal logic. So they reinvented the wheel as far as that particular cultural achievement was concerened. Or the first millionth of it, to be more precise, and left it at that, because the rest of it would have no longer fit onto a single PowerPoint slide.

[TurkishPoptart]

God, these consulting companies are the _worst_.

[throwaway66920]

Alternatively, this is just some guy asserting that everyone at McKinsey thinks they invented a brand new concept, when in fact, it’s just a heuristic they teach people to communicate more effectively, because communication is hard.

[vraivroo]

I see you are unfamiliar with McKinsey.

[throwaway66920]

Former employee

Edit: I cannot reply to the below, but I will say, that’s a pretty contrived justification for your view.

Communication is hard. Few things done at a corporate scale are easy to implement. People like to point at big consulting firms and say “I could have done that” or “they could have just asked me” but that’s really just a fraction of it.

[tomrod]

Former employee of former McKinsey employees. Grandparent point stands: McKinsey seems to offer little to no value that isn't already known and easy to communicate.

I will say though that McKinsey alums I know seem to be better at playing corporate politics than the average, which can be a skill when married with technical acumen.

[op00to]

You call it playing politics, others call it effective communication.

[vraivroo]

What do you expect from a bunch of 24 year-old self-proclaimed "experts" fresh out of Harvard?

[hiei]

True. Pretending to know and being confident is half the battle though. "Managing Expectations." Useful skills imho