Uuups – they did it again. Every time I go off on yet another rant about management consulting firms and their heroic inability to convert their bombastic “business value” promises into anything resembling measurable output, a few delicate souls show up in the comments to complain about my allegedly one-sided perspective on the industry. Touching. Truly. But then reality serves up exhibits so...
Sometimes satire writes itself. The European Union’s Data Act, a landmark piece of legislation on data access and portability, is Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, which has been adopted on 13 December 2023, published in the Official Journal of the EU on 22 December 2023 and fully applicable since 12 September 2025. That number 2023/2854 matters. It tells compliance officers which obligations to...
Dear Management Consultants, We need an intervention. It’s about your future, or what’s left of it after the invoice templates stop printing themselves. You’ve had a lovely run at the top of the corporate terrarium: tailored suits, status lounges, and fees that soar on the thermals of “we have the best people, trust us.” Charming. Unfortunately a new colleague just walked in, knows everything...
The management consultants at McKinsey have once again used all their cognitive resources to identify a worthwhile target for a (‘scientific’) study, and then eloquently and confidently set out to achieve it. OK – that may sound a little pejorative. Perhaps we should put it like this: They kicked down another barn door that was already wide open and discovered that AI’s...