How long do the big consultancy firms reasonably have left?

The recent McKinsey advice to the WarnerBros is baffling to me.

Mck were paid c.$150m to tell the company to merge with WarnerBros + Disney, only to tell them to split them both a couple years later…

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They're used to push decision risk to them from the CEO

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This. We all know they don’t really add real value but it’s a scapegoat for the CEO to blame when the board goes after the CEO for bad decision making.

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Is getting a Phd in finance a good idea after getting an MBA

No

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