181: How to handle a "horrible" client (Strategy Skills classics)

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 303, an episode with Frank O'Connell, the author of Jump First, Think Fast. In this episode, Frank takes us on his career journey as he successfully explores multipl...

14 Dec 202255min

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 302, an episode with a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Ravi Sarathy. What happens if ...

12 Dec 20221h 2min

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we explain how leadership is defined at great firms like McKinsey and BCG, and how we also manage leadership transition at FC. It will s...

7 Dec 202215min

Let's be honest. Most consultants simply go into Google and search for any reports / analyses to compile market trends/an industry analysis fact pack. In other words, they do not put much thought into...

5 Dec 202213min

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss how to convert insights into Strategy Maps. It is a powerful tool to create prescriptive / forecasting models to explain and ...

30 Nov 202224min

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss how to know what is corporate strategy. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firms...

28 Nov 20225min

For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we discuss what big picture thinking is. At least once in your life, you would have received feedback to be a more big picture thinker. ...

23 Nov 202211min

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 296, an episode with Nick Santhanam, the CEO of Fernweh Group, an investment company adapting an engaged investor & operator model (EIOM) to create alpha in the indu...

21 Nov 202256min