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How the fuck can you coach a football team if you’ve never played football in your life?” he continued. “And I’m not talking pro. I’m talking at any level. They don’t have a clue. I don’t care how many hours they spent firing people at Time Inc. or Meredith Corporation. They had this stupid red/yellow/green system, which they explained to me like I was a five-year-old. I wanted to reach across the table, grab one of them, and throw him across the room. And you should have seen them when the press reports of their engagement started piling up. They were bug-eyed, like white-gloved society women who only want to be in the paper when they get married and when they die.” McKinsey
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Duff McDonald (The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business)