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The Ultimate Guide To “Scoping”: How Consultants Define Problems and Shape 

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Most clients approach consultants with a problem, or more accurately, what they think is a problem. It’s up to the consultant to find the real issue and solve it. This is why consulting can feel more like therapy than business problem-solving. “What time do you have your last cup of coffee?” “Are

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

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The history of strategy consulting starts with Frederick Taylor and the Scientific Management movement but took many twists and turns as it evolved into its current state, an industry looking inward and pondering where it fits in the new technology-powered business world. Chapter 2 (1880s? This title undoubtedly influenced James O.