There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry
and the way business and government are managed today which must
change.Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our
economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston
Consulting Group, Bain &,amp, Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and
EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political
accountability and impedes our collective mission of halting
climate breakdown.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. It
grew from the 1980s and 1990s in the wake of reforms by both the
neoliberal right and Third Way progressives, and it thrives on the
ills of modern capitalism, from financialization and privatization
to the climate crisis. It is possible because of the unique power
that big consultancies wield through extensive contracts and
networks - as advisors, legitimators and outsourcers - and the
illusion that they are objective sources of expertise and
capacity.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, infantilizes
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 organizations
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.
V januári 1965 Gabriel García Márquez cestoval s rodinou na
dovolenku do Acapulca, keď odrazu dostal nápad. Začul vravu
mestečka Macondo. Už vedel, ako napíše svoj nový román. Vrátil sa
domov, zatvoril sa do pracovne, a keď z nej po osemnástich
mesiacoch vyšiel, v ruke držal 1 300 strán rukopisu a bol šťastný.
Román Sto rokov samoty prvý raz vyšiel v roku 1967, Márquez mal
vtedy 39 rokov a svet si navždy zapamätal jeho meno. Dnes je román
považovaný za jedno z najvýznamnejších diel latinskoamerickej a
svetovej literatúry. Je komponovaný z množstva reálnych aj
fantazijných epizód a rozpráva o pôvabných i krutých príhodách
šiestich generácií rodiny Buendíovcov z fiktívneho mestečka
Macondo.
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