No longer "our people are our greatest strength", McK is preaching middle management as the key asset of a company. They believe with generative AI, bulk of workers are expendable. Check out the links below.
Teradud have been laying off mainly workers and rarely if any in the middle layer.
Is there a resemblance here?
That middle layer a company value, invest in, and depends on must have experience, knowledge, and so on. Our middle layer have no clue of what they are doing and so adopting McK approach will definitely accelerate the demise of this stinking place.
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/middle-managers-hold-the-key-to-unlock-generative-ai
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mckinsey-organization_middlemanagers-employeeexperience-talent-activity-7121072585596956672-ujQI
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/are-middle-managers-your-next-ace-in-the-hole
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/activating-middle-managers-through-capability-building