StrategyU

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Practice Effective Storytelling Your presentation should tell a cohesive story that moves your audience from the current state to your proposed solution. For more, see my book review on Barbara Minto’s book Pyramid Principle (specifically the section on order of information).

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StrategyU

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. Invest heavily in software solutions to sell ongoing services to existing clients at higher margins. What are the best use cases?

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StrategyU

MAY 29, 2024

Who wouldn’t want to test a candidate’s problem-solving abilities (rather than hear about them in the traditional behavioral interview)? The Most Famous Case Practice Book Marc Cosentino has the best business plan for books: write one that almost everyone who wants to work in consulting has to buy.

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StrategyU

JUNE 12, 2021

Dewey added that critical thinking is “suspended judgment, and the essence of this suspense is inquiry to determine the nature of the problem before proceeding to attempts at its solution.”. Silver writes in his book about separating signal from noise, “The signal is the truth. This process is not natural.

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StrategyU

JULY 23, 2021

” 3) “Productized” / Solutions: The simplest version of a “productized” offering is a couple-page document or PowerPoint slide outlining a specific problem, an approach, and a price. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Click Here To Learn More And Enroll.

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StrategyU

OCTOBER 6, 2024

At its best, consulting is selling a process not solutions which means one of the best uses of time is to obsess over the process. 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.

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StrategyU

AUGUST 19, 2024

He was skeptical of how a team of twenty-something analysts and associates could address problems that his senior leadership team was struggling with. In consulting, you are solving problems that don’t have a clear solution, yet. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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