Consultant management: McKinsey loses its shine

顾问管理:麦肯锡失去光彩

Economist Podcasts

2025-08-05

21 分钟
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The world’s biggest strategy consultant has smaller rivals nipping at its heels. As it nears 100 years old, we ask how it will navigate a tricky AI-inflected future. It is already hard enough to fiddle with travel plans to get the cheapest flight. A new thing to consider? Whether you’re flying solo. And in America, women’s-sports bars are proliferating. Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

  • Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • Everybody knows that airlines have wildly complicated algorithms that set their pricing.

  • Staying through a Saturday tends to be cheaper, for example.

  • But big American carriers now have a new wheeze, and solo travelers should beware.

  • And you can probably picture an American sports bar.

  • Lots of beer, lots of televisions, lots of men drinking beer and watching televisions.

  • We look at a growing trend that makes one crucial change to this scene.

  • There are a lot more women.

  • But first... I don't have to tell you that it's a period of great global and technological change.

  • It's exhausting and confusing.

  • One industry absolutely thrives on that kind of widespread confusion.

  • And the reaction to President Trump's announcement of those sweeping new tariffs that go into effect next week really range from relief to shock.

  • A seismic shift is taking place in world affairs.

  • The United States...

  • Geopolitics is forcing companies to rethink where and how they operate.

  • ChatGPT today, by the way, most of the time can give you better...

  • It's like a better diagnostician than most doctors in the world.