The big con : how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies
Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968-2024
Books, Manuscripts
'The Big Con' describes the confidence trick the consulting industry performs in contracts with hollowed-out and risk-averse governments and shareholder value-maximizing firms. To make matters worse, our best and brightest graduates are often redirected away from public service into consulting. In all these ways, the Big Con weakens our businesses, infantilises our governments and warps our economies. Mazzucato and Collington expertly debunk the myth that consultancies always add value to the economy. With a wealth of original research, they argue brilliantly for investment and collective intelligence within all organisations and communities, and for a new system in which public and private sectors work innovatively for the common good. We must recalibrate the role of consultants and rebuild economies and governments that are fit for purpose.
Main title:
The big con : how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies / Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2024.London : Penguin Books, 2024.
Collation:
368 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781802060263 (pbk)
Dewey class:
650.13
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2874031