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BCG and DLT
After looking at McKinsey's competency in DLT space the next logical step is to check out its nearest competitor - the Boston Consulting Group.
On a first glance BCG authors outperform their counterparts from McK in free reports / article publishing contest. They also doing notably better than McK in understanding underlying technologies and explaining its to their readers.
At the same time, after getting through several of their publications each of which belongs to a different time period between Jan 2018 and Aug 2019, I couldn't hep but noticed that there's notable shift in their 'tone', which gradually slided from the upbeat at the start of 2018 to a very cautious one closer to the end of 2019 with a sudden and sharp up-hill surge in between (March - April 2019).
Not that it is really surprising. Many of others have demonstrated the same sharp fluctuation in their attitude towards DLT as crypto-currencies prices continue to jump up and down.
However, McK has, probably, always been much less than any other consulting companies enthusiastic in their disposition towards blockchain and, consequently, is almost not involved with DLT. As a result, today when the prevailing mood on the market shifted southward again they might allow themselves to look less ridiculous than others.
On the other hand, McK stance on DLT technologies is naturally aligned with that of its major clients (mostly largest non-IT corporations) and that might partially explain their pessimism about its.
As to BCG authors their current views on DLT perspectives are summarized the following way: "The developments of 2018 suggest that its promise may be fulfilled within certain enterprises and industries rather than in the public realm where it was born."