Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking

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

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

Our managing partner Michael Boricki gave an interview at Accepted, a well known site for MBA admission.

21 Jul 201549min

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

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

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

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

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 ...

21 Jun 201511min