650: Confidence and content traps in case interviews (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
This podcast is about the impact of confidence on cases and the importance of avoiding the content trap. We use simple ratios to explain why you need to be confident and how the content-trap sinks man...
31 Jan 202410min
649: FLUKE: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters (with professor of global politics at University College London, Brian Klaas)
Welcome to an interview with the author of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters, Brian Klaas. In Fluke, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas deep-dives into the phenomenon of...
29 Jan 202445min
648: Structure fails at 60% McKinsey cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
At least 90% of aspiring management consultants assume that all McKinsey et al cases MUST be solved with frameworks. That is a dangerous myth. At least 60% of all McKinsey full cases (we are not refer...
24 Jan 202411min
647: If VCs & Gov. join forces we can solve society's biggest problems (with venture capitalist and lecturer at Stanford University, Arun Gupta)
Welcome to an interview with the author of Venture Meets Mission: Aligning People, Purpose, and Profit to Innovate and Transform Society, Arun Gupta. The book argues that if Business, Government, and ...
22 Jan 202454min
646: Courageous Leadership (with Best-selling author and Harvard Business School professor, Ranjay Gulati)
Welcome to an interview with the author of Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, Ranjay Gulati. In his book, Ranjay reveals the fatal mistakes leaders unwittingly make when a...
17 Jan 202452min
645: Important case interview elements to consider (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we talk about important case interview elements to consider. Analyzing customers, competitors and the market: 3 a...
15 Jan 20249min
644: Brainstorming with definitions (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we talk about brainstorming with definitions. Brainstorming is very difficult and a crucial skill to have when so...
10 Jan 20245min
643: Giving interviewers benefit of the doubt (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classic where we talk about the importance of you, the candidate, never ever giving the interviewer the benefit of the doubt, w...
8 Jan 20248min
