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The Magic Of Critical Thinking: How To Make Better Decisions

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Companies hire consulting firms because of their ability to deploy a rigorous problem-solving process to a wide range of problems. The McKinsey problem-solving approach is one example and is been copied and altered by many companies in the business world. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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Why McKinsey Will Win In The Age of AI

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A little context on my perspective first: In 2008, I joined McKinsey’s research center in Boston. While every company and their mothers are claiming that AI is going to change everything (and hoping their investors agree), I think this is really interesting for McKinsey.

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The Cliches of Consulting vs The Reality

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I worked in the operations practice while at McKinsey from 2008 to 2010 and the typical engagements were years long. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Different teams might rotate through the project but the teams were aligned against a multi-year transformation effort.

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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

StrategyU

while still dependent on the globalized order of the modern business world. Chapter 10 (2008 -2015): The Industry Matures & Accounting Firms Build Strategy Teams. Firms like BCG continued to grow at 10% or more even through the global financial crisis in 2008 and show no signs of slowing.