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 is not. America has been here before. In fact America has been here 4 times in its history and each time the American model of government, system of capital allocation and creativity helped the country reinvent itself. In the next 18 months, Firmsconsulting will be leading 5 sweeping studies, at real clients, to find solutions to issues which impede US productivity growth. The detailed findings and extensive training videos to help you replicate such a study will be released once the studies are done. We will be bold and analyze some of the most vital and controversial issues including healthcare, immigration and the role of government. This podcast discusses the theme, training material and topic in more detail. Welcome to the era of America Renewed.
2 Aug 201514min
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, business process re-engineering etc. which went belly-up.
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
269: Misunderstanding "Being Analytic"
Aspiring and some young consultants tend to have a narrow outside-in view of management consulting. They make significant assumptions about why and how strategy studies are done, and try to replicate this assumed behavior. They think "being analytic" means analyzing things before every decision is made.
21 Jun 201511min
