Thats why i enjoyed it so much, and why i became so close with my clients. In many ways house of lies is like any other show with an antihero like marty kaan at its center. The antihero gives us a person to project our deepseated id. Five seasons 20122016 pleased us with a story about the. Management consulting is just the backdrop like advertising is for don draper or drug dealing is for nancy botwin. Kaan is the person who takes risks, who is exciting and unpredictable. It was a cynical guide to an unpleasant world, but showtime saw something elsethe seed of a. We all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used products are out there.
However, i doubt any company would expense a consultant for strip clubs or lap dances much less a client the firm hasnt landed yet. From textbook psychology mindtricks to the fine art of bullshitting, marty is a master at shilling undecipherable bizschool jargon and flattering corporate honchos. House of lies total quotes 21 charming, fast talking marty kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful ceos and close huge deals. House of lies is a comedy of corporate excess dvd extra. Jan 01, 2012 the new comedy house of lies, on showtime, stars don cheadle and focuses on the consulting racket. By viewing our video content you are accepting the terms of our video services policy. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading house of lies. Don cheadle plays marty kaan, a fasttalking, selfloathing, consultant trying to balance his broken home life with his highpowered job.
Many consulting firms talk about plain english but all firms use a considerable amount of business consulting jargon. Starring don cheadle, kristen bell, ben schwartz and. Nothing is sacred in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate america today. Armed with sharp suits, quick wit and a remarkable skill for persuasion, the brilliant marty kaan and his winning team of mbatoting comrades charm corporate fat cats into closing huge deals and spending a fortune on their services. Based on a tellall memoir by reallife consulting guru martin kihn, house of lies pretty much wastes its own premise, which, with a few tweaks, might have been more like hbos deeply anti. Dec 29, 2012 house of lies is a comedy of corporate excess. Charming, fast talking marty kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful ceos and close huge deals. In reality, is there truly time to explore these new cities youre in. Access a free summary of house of lies, by martin kihn and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. House of lies tech consulting official clip season 4. House of lies doesnt pull it off particularly well, both because the show seems to think this technique is a bit glossier and cooler than it is, and because most of the time, when kaan is explaining some consulting jargon or general aspect of the business, we dont really need the explanation and can just as readily glean it from the. Management consultants jargon translated from the book. His south africanborn father is a doctor, and his scottish mother, a former actress, is now a drama teacher.
Do you really get to travel to nice places every week and stay at nice hotels, basically spend time having fun and bill it on your client. Its no rubicon, though im sure both carnahan and showtime top boy david nevins are worried about the show having a similarly short run. House of lies how management consultants steal your. Is management consulting really like it is portrayed in house. Apr 12, 2005 scam i am management consulting is a giant fraud. As the leader of his consultant group, he instills a win at all costs attitude in his team. At the beginning of the first season of house of lies, marty kaans father asks him, since when is management consulting a real job. Is consulting as fun as house of lies makes it seem. Many consulting firms talk about plain english but all firms use a considerable amount of businessconsulting jargon. Check out best house of lies porn videos on xhamster. The 5 biggest lies in house of lies consulting 101. Author martin kihn tells unvarnished stories about working with clients who mix ambiguous problems with political infighting. The pilot of house of lies showcased a funny, stylish, and fastpaced dramedy focused on the world of big business.
Marty and the pod are sent to phoenix to clean up a mess at a very powerful sports franchise caused by the impending divorce of its highpowered owners. Entertaining context to ponder big issues showtimes new series, which premiered sunday, putatively showcases those who advise and participate in the. In the board rooms, barrooms and bedrooms of the power elite, corruption is business as usual and everyones out for themselves first. Is management consulting really like it is portrayed in. Don cheadles best quotes from showtimes house of lies. How management consultants steal your watch and then tell you the time from the worlds largest community of readers. But what many new consultants dont expect is that theyll need to speak a. Marty, a highly successful, cutthroat consultant is never above using any means or anyone necessary to get his clients the information they want. As the series progresses, there is less focus on the teams getting clients, and more on character development. Jeannie dines with an old flame, but deflated when she finds out his real intentions. Management consultants jargon translated from the book house of lies. An extraordinary but unscrupulous management consultant, marty is gifted at identifying, and exploiting, the weaknesses of clients to get them to sign on the dotted line. Martin kihn was born in zambia, where his parents met while working in a hospital.
How management consultants steal your watch and then tell you the time kindle edition. Mar 10, 2012 i enjoyed a solid, legitimate consulting career that was largely bullshitfree. Showtimes comedy house of lies, which stars don cheadle as marty. With don cheadle, kristen bell, ben schwartz, josh lawson. But what martin kihn reveals in his entertaining new book is just what miserable lives these knownothing experts lead. Six management consultants assess the accuracy of house of lies. A house of lies, built by slimeballs the washington post. I grouped this jargon into different buckets depending on how much analysis was needed vs. January 8, 2012 june 12, 2016 another series of the channel showtime came to an end. When tv writers rewrote this mbas life, they changed everything but the truth. Belief that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. To excel in the industry is to master a new and often entirely consultingspecific vocabulary and set of consulting terms. When youre a consultant, its a plus to be multilingual in case you get put on an international project.
Don cheadle and kristen bell are twisting the facts, spinning the numbers and playing corporate america for everything theyve got in the outrageous new series house of lies. Jan 08, 2012 house of lies doesnt pull it off particularly well, both because the show seems to think this technique is a bit glossier and cooler than it is, and because most of the time, when kaan is explaining some consulting jargon or general aspect of the business, we dont really need the explanation and can just as readily glean it from the. He has earned a ba in theater studies from yale and an mba from columbia business school. All of our paper waste is recycled within the uk and turned into corrugated cardboard. Of course, house of lies isnt nearly patient enough to parcel out its terminology so gradually. Showtimes comedy house of lies, which stars don cheadle as marty kaan, a bigtime management consultant, began last night. Consultants use jargon as if it were a second language. They put the con in consulting as they charm smug, unsuspecting corporate fat cats into closing huge deals, and spending a fortune for their services.
House of lies 20122016 is an american tv show, airing on showtime, about a group of management consultants who stop at nothing to get business deals done, even if it calls for extremes. A phrase used to describe a highlevel, summary view of the situation. How management consultants steal your watch and then tell. I could have done without the pause for consulting jargon definitions but know that theyre kinda. The profanity is likely not true, but how about everything else. A management consultants assessment of showtimes house of lies. House of lies will be back for its second season, following a 12 episodes first season. From bucket to scope, from sniff test to bandwidth. The comedy drama house of lies from the studios cinema vehicle services, crescendo productions and matthew carnahan circus products and the creator of the project matthew carnahan is based on the book by the author martin kihn house of lies. Projects can last for months, if not years, and when consultants travel they meet.
Each week, cheadle and his staff, which includes veronica mars and jean. Consulting glossary of consulting interview training. These terms are commonly used words in consulting offices, in interviews and increasingly in the news media as consultants have a greater impact on society. Starring don cheadle as marty, a successful and cutthroat consultant who stops at nothing to get his way, showtimes upcoming comedy house of lies stands as one of the cable networks first series orders under new entertainment topper david nevins. When martin kihn joined a powerhouse new york consulting firm, he thought his job was to help organizations.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jan 06, 2012 based on a tellall memoir by reallife consulting guru martin kihn, house of lies pretty much wastes its own premise, which, with a few tweaks, might have been more like hbos deeply anti. In reality, the consultants spent precious work hours prowling for new clients, and offered little or no useful information. Also, how accurate is house of lies compared to actual consulting. Jan 03, 20 on showtimes hit show house of lies, don cheadle plays the wisecracking consultant marty kaan.
As a result, i came to appreciate the nuances of corporate life the nuances that showtimes house of lies has sadly missed. I received a lot of feedback when i published my first post on consulting lingo. Watch the entire first episode of showtimes house of lies. Consulting jargon, slang and doublespeak that drive clients. How management consultants from power breakfasts heavy on the waffles and mind games to the screaming indignity of. How management consultants steal your watch and then tell you the time, written by martin kihn, a former consultant at booz allen hamilton. On this weeks house of lies season 2, episode 9 liability, doug and clyde are summoned to testify in a legal deposition for their role in a wrongful death suit filed against a big. I also worked for an excellent and responsible firm. With the second season scheduled to premiere on jan. The date for the final episodes was appointed to june 12, after which the. House of lies the show, which premiered on showtime on january 8, 2012, is based on the book, house of lies. It serves as a shorthand way to say boring things in a more pseudointellectual way. House of lies season 6 release date 2017 release date.
In 2005, i wrote a book, house of lies, about my four years as a consultant at a top manhattan firm. In house of lies how management consultants steal your watch and then tell you the time, martin kihn describes his experiences at a top tier consulting firm. Don cheadle and kristen bell are playing corporate america for everything theyve got in the outrageous series house of lies. When i was interviewing with consulting firms, several people recommended the tv show house of lies. House of lies vs the real world of consulting camille d. The show, which premiered on showtime on january 8, 2012, is based on the book house of lies. This translates all the crazy jargon that these guys use to confuse and impress the corporate types. It is nonsensical, and a bit annoying for the listener. Entertaining context to ponder big issues showtimes new series, which premiered sunday, putatively showcases those who advise and. A few years ago, i made a comment to a coworker about an episode of the tv series greys anatomy he quickly cut me off saying that his sisterinlaw is a doctor at a hospital and its nothing like the way they portray the life of a doctor on that show. How management consultants steal your watch and then tell you the time at. The television series house of lies is a true guilty pleasure for anyone who works in management consulting or who hires management consultants. Showtimes slimy and almost pointlessly sordid house of lies,which.
But what many new consultants dont expect is that theyll need to speak a second language from day 1. Dont miss the outlandish and surprisingly honest showtime original series house of lies. Each week, cheadle and his staff, which includes veronica mars and jean ralphio kristen bell and ben schwartz, visit a company and consult them. House of lies tech consulting official clip season 4 episode 3. A management consultants assessment of showtimes house.
Consulting jargon, slang and doublespeak that drive clients crazy. House of lies 20122016 a subversive, scathing look at a selfloathing management consultant from a toptier firm. Paired with shameless and californication, the series averaged a 0. House of lies, comedy about consultants with don cheadle. That said, jargon is still something you should know, even if you dont use it. House of lies is an american comedy television series created by matthew carnahan. Six management consultants assess the accuracy of house of. While his book is not quite the expose promised in the title, he does provide an interesting, and at times funny, take on the profession and on his fellow consultants and one that is certainly different from popular perceptions.
How management consultants steal your watch and then tell you the time. Or are you always working all the time is consulting as fun as house of lies makes it. Teams dont meet at the airport and try to hit on passersby before flying out to a different location each week. I enjoyed a solid, legitimate consulting career that was largely bullshitfree. House of lies season 6, release date, trailer and images. It is a comedy project house of lies, which came out from january 2012 the channel representatives decided not to order the sixth season of the series, and close the story in 2016. Showtimes house of lies turned my life as a consultant into a. House of lies filling the nest official clip season 4 episode 2 duration. How management consultants steal your watch and tell you the time.