Consulting Industry Expert
Appearances
WSJ What’s News
Tesla Rises as Musk Signals DOGE Work ‘Mostly Done’
Within the consulting industry, this has been a real source of stress. Companies have thrown hundreds and hundreds of people at these reviews trying to figure out how do we describe our work? How do we justify it?
WSJ What’s News
Tesla Rises as Musk Signals DOGE Work ‘Mostly Done’
There's been a lot of anti-consultant rhetoric throughout the Trump administration. You've heard some Trump administration officials say that they saw consultants as just pushing PowerPoints and creating decks and spreadsheets and not offering much value.
WSJ What’s News
Tesla Rises as Musk Signals DOGE Work ‘Mostly Done’
The industry, of course, would say that that's false and they do a lot to sort of modernize the government and to roll out new technology and all of that. You've seen the Department of Government Efficiency regularly announce new cancellations of consulting contracts.
WSJ What’s News
Tesla Rises as Musk Signals DOGE Work ‘Mostly Done’
The Department of Defense earlier this month said it planned to cut $5.1 billion in consulting contracts that affected firms like Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen. So you really just see it across the government right now. This real crackdown on the consulting industry is still a little unclear where it all goes from here.