Leaving this right here…
In 2022, McKinsey was paid $55 million to advise Warner Bros to combine with Discovery.
From 2022-2025, McKinsey charged Warner Bros Discovery $37 million by advising the company to change HBO to HBO Max then to Max then back to HBO Max.
In 2025, McKinsey billed Warner Bros Discovery an additional $63 million to determine that Warner Bros and Discovery should be separate brands again.
The longer i deal with the platform model it is clear OP was correct in drawing this comparison
Yea McKinsey is a long known joke and scam. Their DEI studies for instance, claiming that DEI programs improved company performance, have been debunked as they’re unable to be replicated by any 3rd party.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/diversity-was-supposed-to-make-us-rich-not-so-much
Well, tomorrow is Dermie the slap happy P-o-M pappy’s meeting. We should ask Dermie how many more human heads it will cost to make up for McKinsey in the future and will P-o-M be able to run with 25% less people? Next question, how did your head get so big Dermie?
Weird flex, but okay.
Standard McKinsey “funnel to your friends” consulting nonsense. Our execs obviously do this too