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The Cliches of Consulting vs The Reality

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But for the most part, unless there is a major global recession, (like in the period from 2009 to 2011) consultants focus on helping companies generate growth and profit. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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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. They had bigger ambitions.