Roger Bennett sits across from another potential client, watching them describe problems they don't understand while demanding solutions they can't implement. As a management consultant, Bennett has seen every type of executive dysfunction imaginable. His latest assignment drops him into Meridian Industries, where the CEO wants to restructure everything except the real problems. Bennett must navigate office politics, resistant middle managers, and his own growing cynicism about an industry built on selling obvious advice at premium prices. The deeper he digs into Meridian's operations, the more he questions whether consultants actually help companies or simply profit from their confusion. Bennett faces a choice between delivering what the client wants to hear and telling them what they need to know, knowing that honesty might cost him his career but dishonesty will cost him his integrity.
Genres: business, non-fiction, management, organizational-culture
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, moral-dilemma
Setting: Meridian Industries
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