StrategyU

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Most knowledge professionals deal with problems that are ambiguous and part of their job is to identify the core issues. Here are a few useful things I learned about scoping in my consulting career : Find the problem behind the problem The first step of the consulting process is to define the problem. Be detailed.

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StrategyU

OCTOBER 6, 2024

This is normal, and something that makes sense because you need a steady state of operations that is consistent and reliable to keep the business running. But at the individual level, this will not only sabotage your career growth, it will undermine any chance that your company can build a collective spirit of doing great work.

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StrategyU

JULY 5, 2020

While Taylor came from a family of some means, college was not the first stop in his career. Here is McDonald again (emphasis mine): “The emphasis in the GSO was more on why managers did things, as opposed to how they did them. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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