StrategyU

APRIL 19, 2022

This often has to do with different educational timelines and labor requirements. The shift from the post-graduate position which focuses on data analysis and execution to the project manager position is the hardest in consulting. The Project Management and Pre-Partner Roles.

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StrategyU

AUGUST 19, 2024

From an education perspective, it’s a method where students are encouraged to use critical thinking and reasoning to solve problems given in a textbook or a test.). At GE, where I worked previously, no one talked about anything beyond how to format spreadsheets to avoid triggering the managers and higher-ups.

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StrategyU

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This is similar to what I experienced at McKinsey and one of the biggest ways to improve your writing or business problem solving is simply to spend way more time understanding the current state or issues than you are used to. . Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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StrategyU

MAY 29, 2024

The firms all hire from pools of highly educated, intelligent people. But is picking between the 20th-ranked person and the 75th at Harvard Business School going to make a difference? Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving? Would the outcomes be better or worse? I suspect that would be about the same.

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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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