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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Before going under the fancier sounding “knowledge,” most consulting firms had libraries with physical books and resources that were managed by professionals with a background in library science. McKinsey was one of the first firms to invest heavily in “knowledge management” in the early 2000s.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Laszlo Bock wrote the famous book, Work Rules!, Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? For me, above all else, it was the most amazing mentorship experience you could have outside of a traditional apprenticeship. Laszlo Bock, Former CHRO, Google (McKinsey). “I felt I had a lot to learn.

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MARCH 10, 2024

That quote, to me, embodies the cynical perception held by some critics that a management consultant is someone who (borrowing from the sub-title of Martin Kihn’s book that was the basis of House of Lies”) “steals your watch and then tells you the time.” Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Elizabeth Haas Edersheim, one of McKinsey’s first female partners, wrote about McKinsey’s philosophy in her book McKinsey’s Marvin Bower : We started out in 1939 billing on a per-diem basis. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? That was common among accountants and other consulting firms.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This book is one of the seminal texts in the consulting world and is increasingly popular in the broader business world. If you’d like to go to the previous section you can find the following links to each: Logic In Writing Logic In Thinking Logic in Problem-Solving Logic In Presentation.

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JUNE 12, 2021

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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JULY 5, 2020

Instead of shop floor experience, McKinsey was a Professor who had taught at schools like Columbia University and The University of Chicago, had obtained his CPA and also wrote a book titled Budgetary Control. In the 1960’s when he walked away from the firm, he sold back his shares at book value instead of cashing out with guaranteed riches.

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JULY 23, 2021

I’ve seen an explosion in the number of freelancers, coaches, and small agency owners who have turned their know-how into higher-priced books, self-paced courses, or hybrid course/coaching packages. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Click Here To Learn More And Enroll.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

After spending over a decade in strategy consulting and advising hundreds of business leaders, I’ve noticed that traditional “intelligence” or subject matter expertise isn’t what sets great problem solvers apart. In other articles, I’ve covered problem-solving approaches and processes.

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