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Competitive Advantage in Consulting and in Life

CaseInterview.com

My thoughts on this topic are widely applicable to CIBs (Case Interview Beginners), F1Ys (Future first years), and CIFMs (Consulting Isn't for Me). No, I'm pretty sure I could beat him in a case interview competition! But, I'm half-decent at this case interview thing. You see, CEOs do this all the time.

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3 Ways to Make Time for the Little Tasks You Never Make Time For

Harvard Business

After one extended trip abroad during which he avoided email, he wrote that he had missed a large number of critical messages, including a fulfillment center crisis that caused him to lose more than 20% of monthly orders for his business, media interview opportunities that had expired, and more than a dozen partnership offers.

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To Get Consumers to Trust AI, Show Them Its Benefits

Harvard Business

See More Videos > See More Videos > In order to understand how firms have systematically enhanced trust in applied AI, my colleagues Monika Hengstler and Selina Duelli and I conducted nine case studies in the transportation and medical device industries.

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Business Lessons from Henry David Thoreau

Emerson Consulting Group

But there is indeed a case to be made in terms of business milestones achieved by Henry Thoreau in his lifetime. Some have attributed its death knell to its unorthodox approach but if this was the case, the founders apparently had no regrets. Many scoff at even the notion of the b-word belonging in the same sentence with Henry’s name.

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The Perfect Hypothesis Opening Statement

CaseInterview.com

There's no way I would have been as confident as I was in the final round interview, if I had not used your Look Over My Shoulder ® Program. Asking for the rate itself would have been more efficient, but it wasn't an option in this context.). Thank you so much for all of your help throughout the process. How refreshing.".

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How to Pass the McKinsey Problem Solving Game

CaseInterview.com

In the case interview process for McKinsey, one of the early evaluations is “Solve,” McKinsey’s digital assessment game (formerly called the McKinsey Problem Solving Game). This game evaluates the candidate’s ability to solve problems efficiently and think critically. It is unclear why this is the case.

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Saving the Planet from Ecological Disaster Is a $12 Trillion Opportunity

Harvard Business

A few years after our visit, Kelly wrote an influential article on his personal blog that captures the conundrum of shifting to an exponential mindset: [W]hile progress runs on exponential curves, our individual lives proceed in a linear fashion. But, he says , ultimately “technology is a resource-liberating force.”