StrategyU

AUGUST 19, 2024

“Problem-solving” is one of the most overused and least understood phrases in the business world. When many people talk about solving problems, they are rarely talking about a problem-solving process. What I got wrong about problem-solving What are the most important skills you need to be successful?

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StrategyU

MARCH 31, 2022

Cumulative experience does not guarantee that costs will decline but simply presents management with an opportunity to exploit. If they are, then there is a clear problem. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

JULY 7, 2021

How Issue Trees Are Linked With Problem Solving. At StrategyU we are fans of the SCQA process to define problems and develop hypotheses. This approach enables us to have a rigorous problem-solving approach to business problems instead of starting with the solution in mind from the beginning.

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StrategyU

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level. So remember. ” “So what?”

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StrategyU

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

From traditional powerhouses such as McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group (collectively known as MBB) to other generalist and specialized firms, the industry presents a diverse landscape for aspiring consultants and seasoned professionals alike. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In a presentation to First Round Capital in 2015 she presented an intuitive framework: Source: Radical Candor Many people can quickly identify experiences where they have received feedback that falls in the yellow or green zone. For example, anytime I give a public presentation I always ask one audience member to give me feedback.

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StrategyU

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Most people don’t realize that you can find the strategy documents of most public companies by going to their investor relations page and then looking for recent presentations that they have made at conferences. In these presentations, you will find frameworks that outline a high-level vision of the company.

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StrategyU

MAY 29, 2024

At the highest level, most cases are similar: The interviewer presents background on a “client’s” business problem or scenario (e.g., Who wouldn’t want to test a candidate’s problem-solving abilities (rather than hear about them in the traditional behavioral interview)? There are a few problems with this.

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These two things transform a team of consultants from a mere group of smart individuals into a cohesive problem-solving machine. It underpins all great communication and problem-solving. use MECE not just for problem-solving, but also for structuring your communication. Ansoff’s matrix for growth strategy).

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

But even if I hadn’t gone on to work in consulting, I now know that MECE is a valuable tool for anyone who wants to think more clearly and solve problems more effectively. MECE (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) is a powerful problem-solving framework that is used in management consulting and various business functions.

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I will cover each of the four sections of her book: Logic In Writing Logic In Thinking (coming soon) Logic in Problem-Solving (coming soon) Logic In Presentation (coming soon). Minto’s first job in the business world was working for Cyrus Eaton, who founded the Pugwash Conferences of nuclear scientists.

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StrategyU

OCTOBER 2, 2023

When I give feedback to people on writing and presentations, I often just ask them, “What are you really trying to say?” Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Say, “Given the recent challenges on our major product lines, this analysis will show the two major pressures that have put pressure on profitability.”

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StrategyU

AUGUST 22, 2023

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Related Essays And if you’d like to explore this thinking further, here are some resources you can spend time with: ​ Critical Thinking Is Still Valuable ​ ​ How I’d use AI tools if I were still a consultant Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

MARCH 10, 2024

Often hysterically funny and uncomfortably close to the truth (the consultants’ whiteboard in Office Space with the title “Planning to Plan” is a personal favorite), Hollywood’s depiction of strategy consulting relies on an out-of-date perception of management consulting that looks nothing like the reality of the present.

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StrategyU

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This is why consulting can feel more like therapy than business problem-solving. This is the value of a consultant, the ability to continue to search for the problem behind the problem. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? In consulting, things are always changing.

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StrategyU

JANUARY 27, 2021

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.

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StrategyU

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.

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StrategyU

JUNE 28, 2022

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.

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StrategyU

OCTOBER 6, 2024

If the company is public, you can go to the investor relations tab and download presentations from recent investor conferences. And in the final phase, you’d have structured ways of delivering different kinds of presentations like a “CEO deck,” executive memo. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

APRIL 19, 2022

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level. Watch The Video On This.

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StrategyU

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Check Out The Course Since 2017, I’ve been collecting the lessons I’ve learned as a freelancer, which includes case studies, how-to’s, templates and more Enroll Now Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

JANUARY 20, 2025

One of the most important ideas in consulting problem solving is MECE. By grouping ideas, simplifying them, and ensuring that you are fully presenting them (through MECE) they will be much more memorable. If you’ve been around current or former strategy consultants, you probably heard someone say this.

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StrategyU

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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StrategyU

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

There is a set of information that can be presented in many different ways, all being true, but one way of showing the data will align better with the message that the client team wants to share with the client. What is the intent of this presentation of information? Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Avoid “Intellectually Blank Assertions”.

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StrategyU

JULY 23, 2021

They get access to the course but also one-on-one coaching for their presentations. Instead of companies hiring one consultant to work on a problem, you might have 8 Chief HR Officers doing a cohort-based course with a team of top consultants working on. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

JULY 5, 2020

From a 1895 presentation to a group of engineers, we find that consultants called themselves “consulting engineers.”. Present): McKinsey Leads The Globalization of The Strategy Consulting Industry. Present): A Mature Industry Searching For What’s Next. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

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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StrategyU

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.

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