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Five Powerful Consulting Frameworks: MECE, 7S, Porter’s Five Forces, BCG Growth-Share & Ansoff

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Consultants do use frameworks to guide their thinking, though not the laundry list you’ll see in case interview prep books. The more you use them, the more natural they’ll become, and the sharper your strategic thinking will get. 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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Instead of shop floor experience, McKinsey was a Professor who had taught at schools like Columbia University and The University of Chicago, had obtained his CPA and also wrote a book titled Budgetary Control. In the 1960’s when he walked away from the firm, he sold back his shares at book value instead of cashing out with guaranteed riches.