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I was going to make a variant of this point. They DO have power by virtue of their residual "frozen" status as experts. It's not the "kids" themselves that have this power, of course, but the institution behind them. This power comes from the fact that if they recommend a course of action, the board or powerful insiders of whatever nature oppose them and get their way, and later it turns out that what the consultants had said was indeed correct, then those guys are a bit screwed.

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Sadly way too much of the grunt work.

And yes, often it is about getting over opposition, reconciling differences between departments etc - from wherever it may come.

However, sometimes the CEO IS told he is wrong (that just usually does not make it to paper) as consulting firms do not want to be seen giving faulty advice that then blows up and makes it to the press - reputation is tantamount, after all.

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