article thumbnail

Three Kinds Of Frameworks You Can Use To Communicate More Clearly

StrategyU

.” This is the overarching aim of most businesses and this broad, general goal provides a way for company leaders to look at this framework and have an entry point where they can find agreement. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Both versions include lifetime access and all future updates.

article thumbnail

Why Strategy is Simple and How Developing A Strategic Perspective Can Accelerate Your Career

StrategyU

Strategy” is a word that attracts a lot of excitement in the business world. People who work on strategy get paid more and senior executives like to use the word a lot to talk about their decisions. In consulting, I worked with many companies helping them to develop strategies.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How I’d Use AI Tools (If I Still Worked In Consulting)

StrategyU

To demonstrate this, I asked Bard , googles AI chat tool, the following question: “What are three ways someone might use a tool like Bard that would help them work like a strategy consultant?” This information can then be analyzed to identify trends, patterns, and insights that would be helpful to a strategy consultant.

article thumbnail

Consulting Pitfalls: How To Avoid “Book Report Thinking”

StrategyU

” or “What is the best way to communicate our product changes to the customer?” ” And when you are responsible for figuring these things out you end up spending a lot of time doing analysis, research, interviews, and then structuring your findings to communicate to other people in your organization. So remember.

article thumbnail

The Pyramid Principle: A Deep-Dive Book Review (Part 1: Logic In Writing)

StrategyU

Given the stakes, it’s not surprising that the importance of clear communication became such an important thing to Minto throughout her life. She didn’t spend long at Pugwash and in 1961 decided to enroll at Harvard Business School for her MBA. To do this she proposes that one communicate top-down , starting with the main idea first.

article thumbnail

The Pyramid Principle: Book Summary & Review (Part 2: Logic In Thinking)

StrategyU

I did not cover everything in this section (especially, “State The Effect of Actions”) but have covered the items I think are most useful for business thinking and communication. While these can be used in combination, Minto argues that at least one needs to be used if you are trying to communicate effectively.

article thumbnail

The Ultimate Guide To Becoming A Freelance Consultant: 25 Things I’ve Learned

StrategyU

In 2012, I was first exposed to the world of freelance strategy consultants while working for a-connect. I wanted something that signaled a firm and also allowed me some flexibility in the type of work I did (I landed on Vivo Strategies). At the time, I had a hunch that this was a path I wanted to explore.