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Getting to The “So What?” – The Most Important Question

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” The job of a great consultant is not just to repackage information. It is to put that information into the client’s context and then give them actionable information about what they should do next. The same pattern can apply to a knowledge professional and a manager.

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Why McKinsey Will Win In The Age of AI

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That’s exactly what Lilli is, According to them, “Employees can prompt Lilli with a question, and the tool will scan the knowledge base, locate five to seven relevant pieces of information, summarize key points, include links, and identify experts in the field.” They were experts in helping people find information. It was really good.

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Consulting Pitfalls: How To Avoid “Book Report Thinking”

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The tendency to feel like you need to “prove” to managers or senior leaders that you spend a lot of time working on something. Part of this comes from insecurity but another part comes from the reality that you went through your own extended learning journey with the information.

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

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” Here is what it said Here are three ways someone might use a tool like Bard to help them work like a strategy consultant: Gathering and analyzing information. Bard can be used to quickly and efficiently gather information from a variety of sources, including news articles, research papers, and social media.

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Exploring Consulting Frameworks: The Experience Curve

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They pointed out two things about the problems with experience curves. Cost reductions due to learning and technology are the result of continuous, planned efforts by management. Cumulative experience does not guarantee that costs will decline but simply presents management with an opportunity to exploit.

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The Cliches of Consulting vs The Reality

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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.

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The Ultimate Guide To “Scoping”: How Consultants Define Problems and Shape 

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This is why consulting can feel more like therapy than business problem-solving. This is the value of a consultant, the ability to continue to search for the problem behind the problem. Managing scope creep is an art and how much “creep” a consultant allows is really a matter of judgment.