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At LEGO, Growth and Culture Are Not Kid Stuff

BCG

Video Thursday, January 19, 2017. The turnaround of the LEGO Group is one of the famous business stories of this century. He was a 35-year-old former academic and consultant who quickly gained a reputation as a turnaround artist. It turns out that LEGO clothing was a bad idea.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

One example is when the New York School’s system hired them to boost the efficiency of their school bus network, which they did, saving the city $12M. This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. Turnaround and Restructuring. Practice Areas.

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Don’t do everything yourself

Jacq Hackett Consulting

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Coronavirus: Analysis, Conclusions & Takeaways

CaseInterview.com

Sample-Size Problem Excessive Focus on Fatality Rate + Insufficient Focus on R0 (how many people an infected person infects before they’ve recovered) Psychological “Panic” about the Wrong Things (toilet paper) Insufficient Focus on Medical System Scalability (equipment, personnel, & system throughput).

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PARADE Method

CaseInterview.com

I realized our systems did not have the capacity to serve our high-profile clients, which included the eCommerce divisions of over a dozen Fortune 500 retailers. The servers we wanted had a two-week turnaround time. By 8am the next morning, the system had a 100% increase in capacity. * and to do it fast.

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Why you need a company wiki (and how to build it effectively)

Asamby Consulting

A wiki is a knowledge management system that: Is digital and Is updated and edited by its own audience. The turnaround time can easily be days instead of minutes. Pros Rich add-on eco-system Open structure for maximum flexibility High security standards Embedded in Atlassian eco-system (Jira, etc.)

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How to Pass the McKinsey Problem Solving Game

CaseInterview.com

McKinsey’s digital assessment game Solve is a video game in which candidates problem-solve to manage some form of ecological situation. Mini-games like these include systems with linear progressions, where the output of one object in an ecosystem is the input of another (e.g., Don’t start in the middle of the system.