House of Lies
by Martin Kihn · first published 2005
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In the bestselling tradition of "Liar's Poker" comes a devastatingly accurate and darkly hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the wonderful world of management consulting.
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BTW, two fun books for consultants, and would-be consultants, to read are House of Lies[1] and The Firm[2]. Both are more about "management consulting" (aka, McKinsey, Deloitte, etc.) than what most of us probably have in mind, but they are both entertaining reads in their own respective…
on “So you want to be a consultant?” ↗Must read book on this topic: "House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time" http://www.amazon.com/House-Lies-Management-Consultants-Stea...
on “McKinsey’s corrupted culture” ↗…there anything new? I remember more or less the same criticisms two decades ago: - Lewis Pinault, Consulting Demons: Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting, 2001 - Martin Kihn, House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, 2005 https://www.amazon.com/Consulting-Demons-Inside-Unscrupulous... https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0446576565/
on “When McKinsey Comes to Town” ↗