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Why McKinsey Will Win In The Age of AI

StrategyU

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.

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Issue Trees – What Are They and How Do You Use Them?

StrategyU

At StrategyU we are fans of the SCQA process to define problems and develop hypotheses. This approach enables us to have a rigorous problem-solving approach to business problems instead of starting with the solution in mind from the beginning. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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The Magic Of Critical Thinking: How To Make Better Decisions

StrategyU

Dewey added that critical thinking is “suspended judgment, and the essence of this suspense is inquiry to determine the nature of the problem before proceeding to attempts at its solution.”. Mental models are turning information into actionable ways of navigating the world, making decisions, and getting things right.

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Five Freelancing Skills That Matter – Lessons From A Former Strategy Consultant

StrategyU

” 3) “Productized” / Solutions: The simplest version of a “productized” offering is a couple-page document or PowerPoint slide outlining a specific problem, an approach, and a price. 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”

StrategyU

In most countries, the central banks, the public health authorities, the treasuries and many other public-sector institutions now collect good data, hire Western-educated advisers, and try to implement good solutions. Do you have a toolkit for business problem solving?

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Problem-Solving Tools to Help Your Business Increase Productivity

Wrike

Important messages repeatedly get missed, information gets buried and lost, and you’re always sliding in just under the wire — or worse, after the deadline. With this information, you not only understand how tasks are connected but also which tasks have some wiggle room for delays (without extending the duration of the entire project). .

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

StrategyU

Instead, you need to develop a better process for synthesizing and structuring information. This is even more important in the digital age where you don’t actually have to go to a different space like a library to find information. The lowest level is made up of individual pieces of information. Barbara Minto.