Think Like A Strategy Consultant by Paul Millerd — Strategyu — Free download
Think Like A Strategy Consultant
Learn the frameworks, tools & communication secrets of top-tier strategy consultants
Four-Week Learning Journey With Challenging Weekly Assignments
Week 1
Module #1 – Consulting Mindset: Introduction to the basic consulting mindsets, mental models & consulting process
Module #2 – MECE Mind: The powerful framework to help you sharpen your thinking
Module #3 – From Information To Insight: Introduction to the pyramid principle and synthesizing & organizing complex information- Assignment: Consulting services MECE assignment & mock chief of staff research assignment
Module #4 – Real World Problem Solving: Using MECE, Pyramid Principle and hypothesis tools to break down real-world problems into problems that can be solved- Assignment: Using SCQA & issue tress in a real-life Facebook strategy case study
Module #5 – Kick-Ass Presentations: Learn the PowerPoint secrets of strategy consultants, master flow & understand how to craft your message to different audiences
Module #6 – Beyond Consulting Presentations: Creating Memorable & Persuasive Content: Implement tools from cognitive neuroscience and other disciplines to create memorable messages- Assignment: You’ll be given an incomplete 19-page presentation which will have missing information. Fill in the information, titles and other missing content and develop a clear storyline based on the lessons
- Knowledge Professionals who are in existing roles who working with data, are actively helping to shape the direction of their company, solving complex problems and giving executive-level presentations
- Freelancers & Entrepreneurs who are looking to strengthen their work with a fundamental set of skills, frameworks and processes to help them generate insights, stories and plans for their clients as well as more clearly communicate to business audiences
- Students who are passionate about using the consulting skills now and want to go deeper than case interviews to learn how to work as a consultant and not just land the job (note: if you just want to master case interviews to land a job, this is not the course for you)
- Understand and communicate in the “language” of strategy consultants
- Be able to understand the difference between the symptom and a problem
- Understand how to take a large set of complex data, facts & analysis and synthesize it
- Organize a presentation in a clear, simple & persuasive way that inspires action
- Have increased confidence in your ability to lead and structure complex projects
