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Why McKinsey Will Win In The Age of AI

StrategyU

Invest heavily in software solutions to sell ongoing services to existing clients at higher margins. How can I build this capability internally and not depend on external software solutions? I also think you’ll see a lot of wasted effort on solutions that clients may not care about. What are the best use cases?

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

StrategyU

How Issue Trees Are Linked With Problem Solving. 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.

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Problem-Solving Tools to Help Your Business Increase Productivity

Wrike

We’ve pulled together this list of problem-solving tools that will address some common team roadblocks and increase productivity within your business. . Problem: You can’t figure out task dependencies. Use this problem-solving tool: Gantt charts. Use this problem-solving tool: Eisenhower Matrix.

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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.”. Companies hire consulting firms because of their ability to deploy a rigorous problem-solving process to a wide range of problems.

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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? Click Here To Learn More And Enroll.

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

StrategyU

I will cover each of the four sections of her book: Logic In Writing Logic In Thinking (coming soon) Logic in Problem-Solving (coming soon) Logic In Presentation (coming soon). Minto’s first job in the business world was working for Cyrus Eaton, who founded the Pugwash Conferences of nuclear scientists.