277: Financial Services Strategy Study Week 1
Week 1 of the financial services strategy study to enter the US retail banking sector is about done. You can see the detailed live-blogging of the day-by-day analyses, planning and insights here. Thi...
8 Aug 201528min
276: America Renewed: 2014-2015 Theme
The majority of business gurus, journalists, periodicals, publications, journals, blogs, fashionistas and reality movie stars talk about the arrival of China like it is preordained by the Oracle. It ...
2 Aug 201514min
275: America Renewed: Financial Services Study
For those of you who want an update on where we are in Week 0 of the US financial services study, this podcast will provide a detailed update of the final preparation as the team goes into their on-bo...
27 Jul 201513min
274: How to Become a Management Consultant
Our managing partner Michael Boricki gave an interview at Accepted, a well known site for MBA admission.
21 Jul 201549min
273: Changing a Consulting Firm
This podcast is a response to the email below. The client wanted to know how to change a consulting firm so that her firm could compete against McKinsey.
15 Jul 201517min
272: Am I a dumb black kid?
This podcast is a controversial and thoughtful response to a letter from a reader who overheard his career counselor describing him as a "dumb black kid" who "has no future in business."
9 Jul 201525min
271: Value Modelling: fad or fashion?
In this podcast we look at the rise of value modelling as a shiny new management technique in 2003 and its implosion in 2009. Value modelling is a lot like other big trends like the balance scorecard,...
3 Jul 201519min
270: Strategy Insight Ratio
Young consultants make some very common mistakes when they start out, and I explain how to use the strategy insight ratio to correct these problems.
27 Jun 201510min
