Consulting firms like McKinsey are often useless and detrimental to society because they prioritize arbitrary downsizing over genuine business health.
“at the end of the day consulting firms are at best professionally useless and at worst and most likely actively destroying America or the country you live in”
StevenCrowder · Jul 2023 · 1 episode · 663K views on this topicHe suggests that AI will allow consultants to automate menial tasks, forcing the industry to move away from hourly billing toward value-based pricing.
“Now it's getting easier to find the knowledge and you need people that know how to manage it and they're the gatekeepers to strategy. And so what's happening here is you've got clients that are asking McKenzie, hey, what if what if you pay for results rather than charging me for 50 hours of work”
PBD Podcast · May 2026 · 1 episode · 333K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.