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669: Using Storytelling In Cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - April 15, 2024 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsStorytelling is a very powerful technique to ensure someone remembers you after an interview. In fact, even when we screen people at Firmsconsulting today, we use this technique I applied as a partner. The rule is simple: if I can remember your key messages from the interview the next day, I wou...
668: Digital strategy expert, Venkat Venkatraman. How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - April 10, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the coauthor of Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future, Venkat Venkatraman. In Fusion Strategy, digital strategy expert Venkat Venkatraman and world-renowned innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan offer a first-of-its-kind playbook th...
667: Five phrases to avoid (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - April 08, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsCommunication and image in a case interview is governed by both what you say and how you say. It is true that how you say something tends to carry more weight. However, in some case, certain phrases should definitely be avoided because they cause much damage it is very hard to recover from them....
666: One of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation, Vijay “VG” Govindarajan. How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - April 03, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the coauthor of Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future. In Fusion Strategy, world-renowned innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan and digital strategy expert Venkat Venkatraman offer a first-of-its-kind playbook that will help industr...
665: Never start training with McKinsey cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - April 01, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsThis is a mistake common to most case interview candidates. They start with the McKinsey approach. This is a very, very bad idea. McKinsey cases are those were the interviewer leads the case. If you are only trained to do cases in this format, you will never learn how to lead a case. This is no ...
664: Chief evangelist of Canva and host of the Remarkable People podcast, Guy Kawasaki, on Lessons from the world's most remarkable people
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - March 27, 2024 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the author of Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference, Guy Kawasaki. In Think Remarkable, tech titan Guy Kawasaki teams up with Madisun Nuismer, producer of the Remarkable People podcast, to share invaluable knowledge from more than 40 ...
663: Vice President of SCADpro, Paul Stonick. The Business Value of Design and The Cost of Not Innovating
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - March 25, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with Paul Stonick, the Vice President of SCADpro—Savannah College of Art and Design’s in-house design, research, and innovation studio—which is generating innovative designs and products for the world's most influential brands, including Google, Amazon, and Apple. F...
662: Ex McKinsey and LBS lecturer, Dr. Rebecca Homkes, on high growth strategy
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - March 20, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the author of Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times, Dr. Rebecca Homkes. Survive, Reset, Thrive is a playbook for leaders derived from the author's first-hand experience working with executive teams across industries from soft...
661: Networking with more junior consultants (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - March 18, 2024 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWe use the terms junior consultants to loosely refer to anyone at the engagement manager level and below: senior associates, associates, consultants and analysts. Our history of working with so many clients indicates that the best results occur when networking directly with partners. There is no...
660: Professor of Neuroscience, Dr. Charan Ranganath, on Memory, Neuroscience, and Discovery
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - March 13, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the author of Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters, Dr. Charan Ranganath. In the book, Dr. Charan radically reframes the way we think about the everyday act of remembering. Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, he r...
659: How to Network with a Senior Partner (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - March 11, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsNetworking with a partner is counter-intuitive. It is much easier to network with a McKinsey / BCG partner for at least four reasons. First, partners always return emails. Second, partners are generally willing to take a call just to explore your profile. Third, partners are less hung up on thin...
658: Former President of Nike's Consumer-Direct Division and Former Executive Vice President and COO of PepsiCo Discuss Strategies from Women Who've Made It—Christiana Smith Shi and Grace Puma
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - March 06, 2024 12:51 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the authors of Career Forward: Strategies from Women Who've Made It, Christiana Smith Shi and Grace Puma. In this book, the authors challenge negative stereotypes about female ambition, and urge women to be bold, follow their dreams, and seize the chance to lead “big...
657: Using Modern Technology to Scale Your Nonprofit Organization and Grow Your Community (with CEO of Churchome, David Kroll)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - February 28, 2024 13:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the Chief Executive Officer for Churchome, David Kroll. In this episode, David shares his career journey and transition from investment banking to becoming a pastor, highlighting his exposure to extreme success and the realization that money doesn't equate to happi...
656: Winning with Data Science (with Harvard grad and Cerebral data science team leader, Akshay Swaminathan)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - February 26, 2024 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the author of Winning with Data Science: A Handbook for Business Leaders. This book is a compelling and comprehensive guide to data science, emphasizing its real-world business applications and focusing on how to collaborate productively with data science teams. The ...
655: Taking resume feedback (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - February 19, 2024 13:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsTaking resume feedback is one of the most fundamental steps as you begin your application process and case interview preparation. If done badly, no matter how well you practice for cases, you will not get the interview. Feedback refers to two parts. First, is the philosophy around how you collec...
654: What's LOVE Got to Do With Leadership? (with Visionary Business Leader and Best Selling Author, Mark A. Mears)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - February 14, 2024 11:26 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome to an interview with the author of The Purposeful Growth Revolution: 4 Ways to Grow from Leader to Legacy Builder. In this book, you will learn to apply 4 holistic and revolutionary processes found in nature to help individuals, teams, and organizations find purpose, fulfill their true g...
653: Stressful interview situations (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - February 12, 2024 13:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsThis podcast examines the typical tell-tale signs candidates show when placed under stress in a case interview and offers suggestions on how to manage these situations. The key to managing this problem is not to reduce the stress, which may be impossible to do, but to change the way you show you...
652: Three phrases to annoy an interviewer (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - February 07, 2024 13:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsThere are three phrases which create trouble in an interview: “I think that…” and “In my opinion…” and “But, if I look at my friends…” Not only are they defensive, and arrogant, they are also clear indicators where you are struggling in a case interview. When you use them in the wrong context, a...
651: Invisible presentation technique (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - February 05, 2024 13:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsSolving a case while talking an interviewer through your thinking (written or otherwise) is, for the interviewer, a little like trying to understand a presentation without seeing the slides. Or at the very least seeing untidy slides – that is, assuming your working sheets are messy. Here we talk...
650: Confidence and content traps in case interviews (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 31, 2024 13:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsThis 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 many candidates. The content trap occurs when a candidate tends to have poor knowledge of the first...
649: FLUKE: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters (with professor of global politics at University College London, Brian Klaas)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 29, 2024 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome 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 randomness, unpicking our neat and tidy storybook version of events to reveal a reality far wil...
648: Structure fails at 60% McKinsey cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 24, 2024 12:44 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsAt 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 referring to brainstorming, estimates, etc) cannot be solved with structures and you will fail if you...
647: If VCs & Gov. join forces we can solve society’s biggest problems (with venture capitalist and lecturer at Stanford University, Arun Gupta)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 22, 2024 13:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome 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 Society come together, rebuild trust, and collaborate, we have a generational opportunity to add...
646: Courageous Leadership (with Best-selling author and Harvard Business School professor, Ranjay Gulati)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 17, 2024 13:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsWelcome 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 attempting to implement a reason for being. Moreover, he shows how companies can embed purpose mu...
645: Important case interview elements to consider (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 15, 2024 13:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsFor 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 areas which must always be considered in cases, even when it is not clear why. In essence, all ...
644: Brainstorming with definitions (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 10, 2024 13:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsFor 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 solving cases, especially with McKinsey where the interviewer will constantly ask you to probe a...
643: Giving interviewers benefit of the doubt (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 08, 2024 13:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsFor 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, why this is vital, how to do this in a case and the improvement it will immediately deliver. The ...
642: McKinsey Weak School (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 03, 2024 13:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsEntering BBM with a weak school on your resume can create problems. Though, all of them tend to be created by the candidates themselves. These consultants tend to have so many incorrect preconceived ideas of the firm that even when a McKinsey partner tells them something, they tend to go with th...
641: Building Hypotheses From Data Exhibits (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics)
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - January 01, 2024 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsReading graphs is a perennial problem for many candidates. Yet, the problem is not the interpretation of the graphical data itself. Rather, it is knowing what to do with that data once you have interpreted it. This podcast introduces a simple 4-step process we introduced for a Yale doctoral clie...
640: You Cannot Join McKinsey Strategy (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) Published
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking - December 27, 2023 13:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratingsFar too many candidates demonstrate poor knowledge of consulting by insisting that they want to work for McKinsey strategy and not operations or BTO. This is a flawed strategy which will only hurt their chances in the short, medium and long-term. This podcast explains why and how to compensate f...
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