StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A little context on my perspective first: In 2008, I joined McKinsey’s research center in Boston. McKinsey was one of the first firms to invest heavily in “knowledge management” in the early 2000s. Instead of buying off-the-shelf knowledge management platforms (like SharePoint and others), they built their own internal system.

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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with the title “Planning to Plan” is a personal favorite), Hollywood’s depiction of strategy consulting relies on an out-of-date perception of management consulting that looks nothing like the reality of the present.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

JULY 5, 2020

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 1: Frederick Taylor: “The System Must Be First”.

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