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KPMG's Incoming Global CEO Shaped the Culture Now Under Investigation. This Week He Flew In to Fix It.
KPMG credits Gary Wingrove with 'nearly doubling revenue and reshaping the culture' during his eight years running the Australian firm.
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We Were in the Room When the Numbers Got Made
Almost every Big 4 and MBB report you have ever cited was built backwards. We know, because we helped build them.
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What It's Actually Like Being a Big 4 Partner
Seventeen accepted meetings. One washroom break. Three amazings.
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What Happened to the Partner Track (And What It Says About Everything Else)
The buyers changed what they paid for. The firms changed what they selected for. We were in the room.
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Americanas Fired Its Auditor Six Days After the Letter Arrived
Brazil's largest accounting fraud, two Big 4 firms, and a rotation rule that gave the client an exit at exactly the right moment.
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The Operator Paradox: Why Consulting Firms Reject the People Clients Actually Want
The partnership model selects for origination. Clients select for operational experience.
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McKinsey Should Hire McKinsey to Fix McKinsey
As it enters its second century, the world's most famous consulting firm is shrinking, losing ground to BCG, and counting AI agents as part of its…
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A Complete Inventory of Our Hypocrisy
A transparent accounting of every way we still benefit from the system we spent last week criticising
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PwC Australia: The Scandal That Proved the Walls Don't Work
Confidential intelligence. Three signed agreements. Fifty-three partners. One dollar.
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To a Big 4 Partner, Everything Is Amazing
Field notes on the last adjective left in professional services.
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PwC Failed Babcock's Audit Four Years Running
The combined fines across two investigations amount to less than 0.14% of PwC UK's annual revenue. The firm calls it a commitment to continuous…
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I Watched Three Firms Pitch for the Same Mandate Last Month
The frameworks are different. The labels are different. The slides are identical. A Field Report from a former partner who has been on both sides of the…
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