264: From Siberia's winter plains to an elite university
The Firmsconsulting Emerging Fellows program is a program we run whereby we find and mentor promising young students from impoverished parts of the world. Working with them over several years, we guid...
22 Touko 201529min
263: How to read to improve reasoning
We have a section on the website where I list all of the articles I read on a daily basis: What Firmsconsulting is reading. The thinking was that readers could replicate the reading of a former strate...
16 Touko 201513min
262: BCG / McKinsey to Private Equity: 4 Client Experiences
If you wanted to move from BCG / McKinsey to private equity, how do you make the career change?
10 Touko 201527min
261: McKinsey US No, McKinsey Moscow Yes, Wants US
This very insightful and unusual podcast discusses the unique situation 5 of our clients face.
4 Touko 201515min
260: Billable Hours Are Not Bad
This podcast addresses a major misunderstanding about billable hours. The concept is not bad at all, but works only in certain circumstances. This podcast carefully explains those circumstances, and c...
28 Huhti 201512min
259: What Happened to Irina?
In September 2013 we published the inspiring story of Irina who worked her way from a Ukraine vocational school into McKinsey. This podcast tracks her progress since joining McKinsey and explains the ...
22 Huhti 201518min
258: Using TCO 1 and 2
This is a short podcast offering subscribers advice on how to best use the enormous amount of information in both seasons. In particular, the podcast offers some important reminders and explains how t...
16 Huhti 20156min
257: The Trap Of Being Too Logical
In Season 2 of The Consulting Offer, you will regularly see Alice breaking down the case problem into the correct logical components. She is impressive at doing this. However, you will also see Kevin ...
10 Huhti 20159min
