StrategyU
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
In consulting, I worked with many companies helping them to develop strategies. Although these were often focused on different levels of the business and different topics, all of the “strategies” were similar. How To Develop Your Own Strategic Perspective. Strategy Is Simple (Example: Pepsi).
StrategyU
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The same pattern can apply to a knowledge professional and a manager. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? This course teaches you how to synthesize information into compelling insights, structure your information in ways that help you solve problems, and develop presentations that resonate at the C-Level.
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StrategyU
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
McKinsey was one of the first firms to invest heavily in “knowledge management” in the early 2000s. Before going under the fancier sounding “knowledge,” most consulting firms had libraries with physical books and resources that were managed by professionals with a background in library science. It was really good.
StrategyU
MARCH 31, 2022
It was developed in the 1960s by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the biggest consulting companies in the world at the time. The Experience Curve relies on the underlying assumption that the more experience a business has in producing a particular product or rendering a service, the lower its cost.
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with the title “Planning to Plan” is a personal favorite), Hollywood’s depiction of strategy consulting relies on an out-of-date perception of management consulting that looks nothing like the reality of the present.
StrategyU
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The tendency to feel like you need to “prove” to managers or senior leaders that you spend a lot of time working on something. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? In consulting, I was taught to start with the answer. It feels weird because of a tendency I call book-report thinking. So remember.
StrategyU
AUGUST 22, 2023
This might help you prepare for a negative reaction from a manager by more easily letting you practice going through the experience beforehand. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? There are so many more potential uses but if you’re not at least playing around with it, I think you are missing out.
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