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Jan 2025
29m 2s

How McKinsey Resisted Disruption

Harvard Business Review
About this episode

The consulting firm McKinsey has helped its clients navigate disruption in a wide range of industries. But what can we learn from how McKinsey, itself, responded to disruption in the management consulting industry in the early aughts?

In this episode, the originator of disruptive innovation, the late Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, joined former McKinsey managing partner Dominic Barton to break down how the firm shifted its internal strategy to prioritize flexibility and efficiency.

Key episode topics include: strategy, professional services, innovation, consulting, disruption.

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