StrategyU

MARCH 10, 2024

The mystique of strategy consulting has inspired films such as Office Space and Up In the Air and TV shows like House of Lies. While I generally agree with many of the criticisms of strategy consulting, I am more interested in demystifying what consultants do and how you can learn the same skills without having to work in the industry.

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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

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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