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How To Beat The McKinsey Solve Game

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It tests your strategic thinking and ability to manage complex, interconnected variables. #2 During the game, you’ll be faced with complex problems that need to be solved quickly. Check out PSG Crackeds Guides On Case Solvers Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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Five Powerful Consulting Frameworks: MECE, 7S, Porter’s Five Forces, BCG Growth-Share & Ansoff

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Framework #4: The BCG Growth/Share Matrix Helps You Balance Your Product Portfolio If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed trying to manage multiple products or consider multiple business units, the BCG Matrix will help you. Developed by the Boston Consulting Group, this framework helps you visualize and balance your product portfolio.

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

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So in the last 1800s, Frederick Taylor and several others in the US started exploring new ways to think about running a business. Part of the toolkit McKinsey developed was a 30-page document called the “General Survey Outline” (GSO) and it stood out for how it was different than Taylor’s “how-to” approach. Chapter 7 (1970s?—?Present):