![]() But actually meeting a physical or psychological twin is another matter in which the 8 billion works against ever encountering him. ![]() There just aren’t that many genetic and cultural variables to ensure the reality of a conceit like uniqueness. Among the almost 8 billion people in the world, the chances that there is someone else who looks like you, talks like you, and even thinks like you if fairly high. Combining hands-on experience with the theoretical underpinnings of contemporary fads in efficiency improvement, empowerment & strategy, Stewart knows his stuff, & thus he lays bare how little consultants have really done for the business of others-while making a killing for themselves.Ī sentimental aphorism has it that we’re all unique. Alongside his devastating critique of management “philosophy” from Frederick Taylor to Tom Peters, Stewart provides a bitingly funny account of his own days in a management consulting firm. Striking fear into the hearts of clients with his sharp analytical tools, Stewart lived in hotel rooms & got fat on expense account cuisine-until, finally, he decided to turn the consultant’s merciless, penetrating eye on the management industry itself. But soon he was telling veteran managers how to run their companies. Study philosophy.įresh from Oxford with a degree in philosophy & no particular interest in business, Matthew Stewart might not have seemed a likely candidate to become a consultant. ![]()
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