816: Be a professional, don't be a business person (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)

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

21 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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, business process re-engineering etc. which went belly-up.

3 Juli 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 Juni 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 this assumed behavior. They think "being analytic" means analyzing things before every decision is made.

21 Juni 201511min

Aspiring NBA stars make a classic mistake when trying to watch, analyze and replicate the reasons why someone like Michael Jordan was so successful. In this podcast I explain why aspiring management consultants and those in industry make the very same mistake when watching, analyzing and replicating the reasons why McKinsey and BCG are so successful.

15 Juni 201516min

[Update June 11] The 1st strategy training map is live! All 16 steps of strategy planning and 200+ critical points are complimentary to all our members!

9 Juni 201521min