THE BIG CON: Rosie Collington on how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the co-author of BIG CON, Rosie Collington about how how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies Rosie Collington is a Ph.D. candidate at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, where she researches the political economy of outsourcing. She has written for The Guardian, OpenDemocracy, and The Independent. Her research has been published by New Political Economy and the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and she has conducted policy research for a number of organizations including Common Wealth and the British Heart Foundation, where she also previously worked within an outsourced team from Deloitte. She is the co-author of "The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies" (2023) Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe