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Summary: Read ANYTHING else - even the phone book!
Review: Like many others, I bought the book because I thought I might learn something about McKinsey. What I found was a tired set of recycled "ideas" and stories that have little or no application to my business life.I checked Amazon.com's Purchaser Circle to see what McKinsey folks are buying and this book is Number One on their list -- for me, that is the 13th stroke of the village clock that casts doubt on the preceding 12! I read a hundred or more business books a year. I'm sorry I wasted my time on this one.
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Summary: An easy to read book into the workings of McKinsey
Review: Very readeable book that was enjoyable and and showed insights into the workings of McKinsey. Ethan gave a step by step guide into the workings of a McKinsey-ite.This could be used by other consultants,businesspersons and the steps are easy to follow. It would add much more value if there were more examples and tactics used.But overall,an easy read into the workings of McKinsey.
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Summary: "read whatever items interest you most"
Review: An easy reading, but qualitatively as uniform as the reviews on this site! Maybe what that shows is that the successfull consultant is the one that makes things look simple rather than complicated. Maybe efficiency is not about overly complicated theories, but about methodically applying some basic principles. Maybe, following this very principle, the author could have focused on the substance of his subject, and avoid padding chapters such as the travel tips or the perfect assistant. The best advice is on the first page: "read whatever items interest you most". The substance would fit on ten pages, but is worth the reading.
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Summary: Who dares?!
Review: So many and dispart reviews got my attention! Anonymous rate approach the bottom line ... are they from Mck.? Even if the practises seems foolish ... they are Mckinsey blueprints! Anyway ... someone has break the wall!
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Summary: Absolutely pitiful
Review: If I were the CEO of AT&T and this was the wisdom of McKinsey's approach, I'd be asking for a refund. As a long time strategy consultant who has competed with McKinsey and come in after McKinsey, I can tell you that I've never seen that McKinsey has any real differentiation from any other consultant's methodology. There have a lot of smart consultants, but so do any number of other firms. So why are they so successful? Don't expect this book to give you any insight.
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Summary: Uncommon Sense - No Decision Trees Or Calculus Equations!!!!
Review: As you scan the other reviews you'll notice that they are heavily weighted toward both extremely high and low reviews. WHAT'S GOING ON?.... The McKinsey Way is all about uncommon sense: the stuff that leaves you saying "Well, duh," but may not have occured to you otherwise. Regard the low investment (<$20.00) as an option on your mind: you may actually learn of a new way to look at problems. If so, the book is worth well more than the low price and may actually pay dividends throughout your career; If not, the book is a quick and entertaining read and, in the end, you're out less than the price of a tank of gas. Recommendation: Take a chance, read this book!!!
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Summary: Just awful
Review: If I could have given it a zero, I would have. I've worked for McKinsey for the past twelve years, and I was stunned at the lack of insight in this book. Even the few observations the author got right are out of date, as the Firm has changed quite a bit in the past few years and this author left McKinsey quite a while ago. I can't imagine how he ever sold this one to a publisher. Vaporware.
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Summary: Light weight. - wait for the paperback, or library.
Review: The admitted "meat" of the book is about 35 pages. Some of these with about 4 - 5 lines of type. It could use a better or more attentive editor. Pick up a copy at a local bookstore and try to make sense of the last sentence of page 30.
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Summary: A must read...
Review: As of one of the architects for a major online bank, I read this book to learn about Mckinsey as they are heavily utilized within the organization. I found the book to be very complete in the Mckinsey way. The chapter that I liked was on being MECE (Mutually Exclusive, Completely Exhaustive). I recommend this as a must-read for COO's, CEO's, CIO's, I.T. Architects and Marketing managers.
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Summary: First year management students could tell you more
Review: This book is a shameful exploitation of the McKinsey name. The title would give the impression that you would receive at least a couple nuggets of wisdom. Unfortunately the information presented is less than an Introduction to Management course from a local university and not much more than common sense. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!
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