Problem Solving

Turning analysis into an answer is an active step, you can drive. Here is the test I applied to every piece of work that crossed my desk. Can somebody look at the output of your analysis for ten seconds and understand the insight? If not, the analysis is not done

How to turn a hypothesis into execution, what to do when you have no data, and how to pivot when the hypothesis breaks. A good workplan keeps you aligned and focused. A bad one creates rework and confusion. Start from evidence, not intuition Build an issue tree for each part

MECE, answer-first thinking, and the habits that make a first hypothesis useful. Once you understand the problem, break the question into its major components. The goal is a structure that is MECE: mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. Clean, non-overlapping buckets that together cover everything that matters. This structure

You can only deliver a good result when you understand the Problem. During the interview, you have been trained to do that. Apply this knowledge now. Before you open Excel or start building slides, build a working model of the company you are working for. What exactly is the product

One of the most underrated skills in consulting Five minutes of estimation tells you whether four hours of modelling is worth it. Can you quickly say whether something is worth millions or tens of millions? Whether an opportunity is worth pursuing or clearly too small to bother with? That is