by Consultant's Mind | Learning
I love good food I was recently in New York City vacationing and enjoying wonderful food at great restaurants. Places where there 1,000+ www.yelp.com reviews. Italian ravioli, Japanese ramen, Korean pork belly buns, tuna tartare, lox and bagels etc. . . While there,...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
Yes, management consulting firms go bankrupt The Monitor Group filed for bankruptcy and will be acquired by Deloitte Consulting. Monitor was a top-shelf strategy consulting firm often mentioned in the same league as the big 3 (McKinsey, Bain, BCG) and other boutique...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
Bain & Co conducts a survey every few years on how executives use management tools. Unsurprisingly, these are the management tool that management consultants often use when coaching, prodding, and helping executive think about their business. If you want to learn...
by Consultant's Mind | Learning
Recently, I was given an excel model that was the Titanic: large, slow, overly ornate, and structurally unsound. Not only was it frustrating to work with and laborious to fix, it was also a bit laughable. It did not answer even the most basic questions: Who is...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
Oye Vey, Presidential Elections Tomorrow is election day in the United States. The two candidates (and their super-PACs) have spent an estimated $6 billion in political ads. What a waste of money. I suppose that these ads can sway some voters, but that is too bad....
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
This week my team interviewed more than 20 people, everyone from VPs down to the analysts and clerks. The interviews were a gold mine of insights – especially since we were still in the early days of the project collecting data. My throat was killing me, but...
