by Consultant's Mind | Fun
Consulting travel is brutal, but one of the benefits is loyalty points. We can thank our clients for the silver, gold, diamond, and platinum status we have with airlines and hotels. Good ole’ Marriott loyalty points. Some places my wife and I visited using...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
Structure your thinking This is the only way to present your ideas clearly to clients. One excellent tool is the pyramid principle by an ex-McKinsey consultant by the name of Barbara Minto. She authored a book called The Minto Pyramid Principle here (affiliate link)...
by Consultant's Mind | Learning
Podcasts are a life saver You can listen on the drive to the airport, waiting at the gate, or on the plane. Easy to download them to you smart phone. One of the greatest downsides of management consulting is the incessant travel. The time-suck is enormous with 4-6...
by Consultant's Mind | Graphics
These graphs from the Economist describe China’s economy, growth and influence. China certainly has issues (e.g., demographic imbalance, rich-poor disparity, censorship) but you have to admit, China has been putting up some incredible economic numbers. Chinese...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
Magical phrase, “best practices” Management consultants use the phrase “best practices” often. Perhaps too often. You will see that magical phrase mentioned numerous times in white papers and research on these websites: Boston Consulting Group,...
by Consultant's Mind | Learning
Hubris That could easily be the sub-title of a book by Stanford Professor Bob Sutton called Good Boss, Bad Boss (affiliate link). He gives a talk at Stanford Business School here. Prior to this, this he wrote a best-selling book called: The No Asshole Rule (affiliate...
