[condiment]

What a hot take! If you're in an organization where leadership 'points the finger' at McKinsey to cast blame for an unpopular decision, imagine what sorts of decisions they would have made without the consultants!

Consultants are hired to improve decision quality. They do that through a combination of analysis, experience, and industry connections. The work product is rarely 'powerpoints'. The work product is the actual work, which entails people doing research, making decisions, executing on them, and measuring results.

At any rate, I don't disagree with you that consultants aren't going anywhere. This post is an ad for an immature AI service that makes a bunch of claims about how they've solved for hallucinations and knowledge cutoffs in order to take down McKinsey. If they had solves for those problems, they'd be wasting their effort building a replacement for consulting firms.

[RansomStark]

I'm sorry but how does a fresh out of college senior consultant gain such amazing experience?

I've been unfortunate enough to work with 3/4 of the big four (senior enough to at the table, not senior enough to call bullshit). Sales pitch is all partners; older people, lots of industry experience in relevant areas, great pitch. But, come time to deliver and an early 20-something shows up. So either its all covering your ass, or its just recycling reports from a shelf, either way there's no experience involved