The Labour and Tory governments’ favourite management consultancy, McKinsey, is pocketing millions or even tens of millions of pounds of our money imposing a top-down reorganisation of the NHS that will increase bureaucracy and waste. This is after the Tories promised us there would be no more top-down reorganisations of the NHS and that they would reduce NHS bureaucracy and waste. But judging from a song reportedly sung at a McKinsey consultants’ Christmas party, McKinsey’s millionaire consultants don’t think much of their clients -� us and our government. (I believe this should be sung to the tune of Hark the herald angels sing, repeating the last two lines of each verse as a chorus)
If you aim to get the best result And maximum performance you want to see Then you really should consult A Management Consultancy McKinsey management consultants are we We take all our clients� money We can earn many a million Because our clients have no vision. � �If Process Redesign is what you will And you think it�ll make a success of all you do Then rely on us to send you a bill While we redesign your processes for you. We are from McKinsey � young, bright and flash We take mountains of our clients� cash We win lots of new clients rich and fine When we go round flogging Process Redesign � We�ve got handouts and we�ve got flip charts And dazzling PowerPoint presentations And we blow clients away With our brilliant explanations. We are McKinsey�s little lackeys Telling clients they�re in trouble is just one of our strategies Our language is smart and makes our clients ill-at-ease -����� It�s what we call �Consultantese�. � The culture at ��. is a real dead weight But we crush resistance before it grows We�re used to organisations in a dreadful state Because, of course, we are Pros! We are McKinsey�s real hard core We are the ones who�ll win the war Now we�re going to party and have fun because Cheers! We�ve just got our bonuses from Santa Claus.