What we have to do now,” DiCaprio says, “is convince the parent company of this large, diversified management-consulting organization, with its range of IT services, that their ten-year business-development plan comes from the five-year plan their own internal consulting group has developed.”
Watanabe looks confused, which allows DiCaprio to explain the superfluous intricacies of the plot to the audience. “You mean,” Watanabe says, “that in the time it takes to construct a five-year plan one consultancy deep, we’ll be able to develop a ten-year plan two levels down?”
DiCaprio looks into the middle distance. “Yes,” he says, “as long as our methodology is proprietary enough. I’ve outsourced it to a subcontractor in a mossy basement in Bangalore. And, in the end, our own consulting firm will only need to charge eleven billable hours. We just need to make sure that we time the project milestones to be achieved so that we don’t end up trapped three or four levels deep in management consultation.” S.E.C. agents disguised as dolphins swim past the window outside.
Watanabe looks confused, which allows DiCaprio to explain the superfluous intricacies of the plot to the audience. “You mean,” Watanabe says, “that in the time it takes to construct a five-year plan one consultancy deep, we’ll be able to develop a ten-year plan two levels down?”
DiCaprio looks into the middle distance. “Yes,” he says, “as long as our methodology is proprietary enough. I’ve outsourced it to a subcontractor in a mossy basement in Bangalore. And, in the end, our own consulting firm will only need to charge eleven billable hours. We just need to make sure that we time the project milestones to be achieved so that we don’t end up trapped three or four levels deep in management consultation.” S.E.C. agents disguised as dolphins swim past the window outside.
