Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted.

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Consulting Operations Financial Real Estate 135

Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Some of the greatest buildings of all time were created by unskilled craftsmen using cheap and readily available materials. McMansions, on the other hand, are often created by highly paid workers and endless supplies of expensive materials. Caviar isn’t required to make a great meal… but a talented, thoughtful chef definitely makes a difference.

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Talent System 29

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Like a scientist uses an experiment to test a hypothesis, a consultant uses a framework called an issue tree. An issue tree lays out a set of logical conditions that, if proven correct, prove the hypothesis correct. The term “issue tree” comes from the way this framework looks when diagrammed on paper – like a tree on its side. Another way to look at an issue tree is as a logical argument that can be tested with data.

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Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Sales 59