Word: mckinsey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wonders about Thomas-Graham's motivation behind writing this book, the first in what she plans to make into a series of Ivy League mysteries. As a triple Harvard graduate (A.B., M.B.A., J.D.), the first black woman partner at McKinsey & Co. and a member of the prestigious Crain's New York Business "40 Under 40" list of executives, she certainly can't be suffering for money. But consider the following coincidences: both Thomas-Graham and Nikki Chase hail from Detroit; both exhibited marked success in economics-related fields, and both are affiliated with Harvard. Self-aggrandizement? Possibly. A creative outlet...
...Newsweek. Twenty-year-olds have been told they weren't quite good enough for that thesis grant or prestigious fellowship. And 21-year-olds by the dozen have been told they weren't quite good enough for Yale Law or johns Hopkins Med., for that job at McKinsey or Goldman, Sachs...
Some may ask, what of merit? Where would society be if McKinsey were to select only among the best consultants, not the very best? And why would anyone bother to work hard anymore? These objections overstate the case. Merit would still be valued; you would need certain qualifications to be considered for a position at all. And once you got the opportunity in question, merit and hard work would still determine your rate of promotion...
...idea's actual educational value is debatable. Kids certainly won't learn basic math and reading skills by surfing the Web. Conducting research on the Internet is, for the most part, tedious and unreliable. A good library is often a better substitute. Cheaper, too. According to an estimate by McKinsey & Co., total costs of the technology (which includes the costs of staffing, training, upgrading and replacing equipment) could range from $14 billion to $47 billion in initial outlays and another $4 billion to $14 billion in annual operating expenses, depending on how extensive the school computer systems are. That money...
Pamela Thomas-Graham '85 is a woman who does it all. Five months pregnant, the McKinsey & Company partner with a joint J.D.-M.B.A. degree from Harvard's Law and Business Schools spoke last evening about her latest opus, a mystery novel set at Harvard...