Alex Usher is always at his best when he's responding to real writing that real people (or in this case, consulting companies) have produced. In this case, I thoroughly enjoyed his take-down of the disciplinary 'thought-leadership' of the likes of KMPG, Deloitte, McKinsey and others. As he says, "the foci of most of these consulting firms reveals no more that one would get from faithfully reading Inside Higher Education or World University News for a bit." I concur. But - and this is the worrisome part - research produced inside government for executive and ministerial advice depends heavily on these consultants' reports. I like to think that one of the major services I provide inside government is to be able to provide background and context to these consultants' reports, and to correct for some of the excesses.
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