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You dont have to work at McKinsey, BCG or Bain to learn consulting skills. 📩 Enroll in a free 3-day e-mail course: https://t.co/yOua2Y1HET By @p_millerd
Nov 22, 2019 12 tweets 4 min read
1/ I decided to use the softbank wework deck as a teaching opportunity of how to more clearly communicate your message using slides.

I've re-made about 10 slides. Let me know what you think!

*A thread* 2/ You always want to set the context up front so that people have a good sense of the story:
Oct 24, 2019 12 tweets 5 min read
1/ Many people are interested in the MECE principle.

"MECE" is something repeated so often by ex strategy consultants, that you might think it is a code word for a secret PowerPoint cult

👉MECE = mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive
strategyu.co/wtf-is-mece-mu… 2/ MECE was invented by a bad-ass, Barbara Minto - probably one of the most influential people in the modern consulting industry. Her introduction of the Pyramid Principle and MECE principle quietly reshaped how firms solved problems, first at McKinsey and then at other firms
Oct 20, 2019 27 tweets 10 min read
1/ I've been teaching consulting skills to colleagues, students and business leaders for years. I love sharing these ideas.

People get excited by how quickly they can adopt these principles I learned while at McKinsey & BCG in their work
strategyu.co 2/ I do have an online course with challenging assignments so you can practice these skills, but I delight in giving these ideas away so that people can piece it together without having to pay me anything.

If you have questions, just DM me and I'll help you.