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- ABC – The Evolution Of Asset Based Consulting
- ABCD Model Of Leading With Trust
- ADKAR – A Model For Personal And Organizational Change
- AIM Framework – Build Compelling Artefacts
- Airbnb Business Model
- Andon Cord – How Amazon And Netflix Use Toyota Principles?
- Ansoff Matrix – Understanding Firms’ Growth Options
- ANUM
- Are Humans Plastic Guzzling Monsters?
- Are Robots Taking Over Our Jobs?
- Availability Heuristic – How It Affects Our Judgments?
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- Bandwagon Effect – How Consultants Can Facilitate Change
- BANI – How To Make Sense Of A Chaotic World?
- BANT
- BCG Advantage Matrix – How To Source Insights To Develop Strategy?
- BCG Growth-Share Matrix
- BCG Rule Of Three And Four – How To Understand Markets?
- Bench Time – How To Make The Most Of It?
- Benchmarking – Comparing With Peers To Improve Performance
- Berkus Model – How To Value Pre-Revenue Start-Ups?
- Blake & Mouton Managerial Grid
- Blame Instinct
- Blue Ocean Strategy – How To Create Uncontested Markets?
- BLUF – How To Communicate Effectively And Persuasively?
- Blumler And Katz Uses And Gratifications Theory
- Bowman’s Strategic Clock – How To Position Your Product?
- Box Plot In Dataset Visualization
- Brainstorming – How To Develop New Ideas As A Team?
- Bridges Transition Model
- BSC – What Is A Balanced Scorecard?
- Budget Cuts – How To Handle This Situation As A Consultant?
- Bullshit Asymmetry Principle
- Bumble – How Does It Make Money?
- Bump Chart In Data Visualization
- Bureaucracy – Six Principles Of Max Weber
- Business Model Canvas
- Business Plan – How To Develop A Good One?
- Business Strategy – What Is It And Why Develop One?
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- CAGE – Considerations When Entering New Markets
- Case Method – How Should MBAs Prepare For A Case Study?
- ChAMP
- Checklists – Why Should You Use Them As A Consultant?
- Choice Architecture
- Choiceology – Overconfidence Effect And Hindsight Bias
- Circular Flow Of Income
- Cohort Analysis Using Layer-Cake Graphs
- Comparable Transactions – Valuation Based On Industry Cohorts
- Competitive Analysis and Positioning
- Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) – A Tool For Rivals Analysis
- Conceptual Selling
- Consolidation Endgame Curve
- Controlled Failure – Fail Now To Succeed Later
- Conway’s Law
- Core Competency
- Cornell Method – A Method To Take Great Notes
- Corporate Strategy – What Is It And Why Develop One?
- Cost Advantage
- Crisis – How To Turn Around An Engagement?
- CRISP-DM – A Framework For Data Mining And Analysis
- Crossing The Chasm – Technology Adoption Lifecycle
- Cultural Web – A Model To Align Culture With Strategy
- Customer Journey Maps – How To Deliver Compelling Experiences?
- Customer Obsession – How To Excel At Client Relationships?
- Cynefin Framework – Between Chaos And Order
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- D’Aveni’s 7s Hypercompetition Model
- Data Accessibility
- Data Fabric
- Data Governance
- Data Governance Maturity Model
- Data Management
- Data Munging – Tips To Boost Productivity
- Data Onboarding
- Data Platform
- Data Quality
- Data Security
- Data Stewardship
- Data Storytelling
- Data Visualization – History And Origins
- Data Visualization – Materials You Should Absolutely Read
- Decision Trees – A Robust Decision-Making Framework
- Decoy Effect And Irrational Behaviour
- Delphi Technique – Achieving Consensus Through Experts
- Delta Model
- Denominator Neglect
- Destiny Instinct
- Diamond Model – Assess Nations’ Competitiveness
- DICE – A Framework To Appraise Change Initiatives
- Differentiation
- Directional Policy Matrix (DPM)
- DiSC – Understand Your Leadership Style
- Doordash Business Model
- DuckDuckGo – How Does It Make Money?
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- Effective Meetings
- Elaboration Likelihood Model Persuasion Theory
- Elephant And The Rider Change Framework
- Enterprise Agile Frameworks – An Overview
- EPIC
- Escalation Of Commitment – When To Pull The Plug?
- Esquire Gift Model
- Etsy Business Model
- Executive Presence – Why Should Consultants Develop One?
- Expectation Effect – How To Change Perceptions?
- External Factor Evaluation (EFE) For Competitive Analysis
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- Factfulness – A Must Read For All Consultants
- Factfulness – An Overview Of Human Instincts
- FAINT
- FAIR Data Principles
- Fear Instinct
- Fiedler’s Contingency Model of Leadership
- Finding The Right Pricing Strategy
- First Mover Advantage – How To Dominate A Market?
- Fishbone Diagram – How To Find The Root Cause Of Issues?
- Fixed Price Contracts
- Flywheel Effect – How To Build An Exceptional Business?
- Focus And Diffuse Thinking
- Focus Strategy
- FOMO – Get Over It And Focus On Important Stuff
- Forward Integration
- Four Corners Model Of Competitive Strategy
- Four Phases – What Is The Lifecycle Of Strategy?
- Four Quadrants Of Growth
- FUD – How Should Consultants Overcome Fear, Uncertainty And Doubt?
- Functional Strategy – What Is It And Why Develop One?
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- Gap Analysis – What Is It And How To Conduct One?
- Gap In The Market – How To Exploit Opportunities?
- Gap Instinct
- GE McKinsey Matrix
- GE-McKinsey Nine Box Matrix
- Generalization Instinct
- GitHub Business Model
- Glassdoor Business Model
- Golem Effect – How To Degrade Performance?
- GPCT
- Greiner Curve – Management Capability Framework
- Groupthink – How To Avoid It?
- Guesstimates – Approach For Market Sizing Cases
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- Halo Effect – How Does It Affect Your Professional Life?
- Headstand – How To Find Ideas Through Problem Reversal?
- Heinrich Law And Industrial Safety
- Hersey And Blanchard Situational Leadership Model
- Hitchens’s Razor
- Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
- Horn Effect – How Does It Affect Your Professional Life?
- Hoshin Kanri
- How Should You Price A Product?
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- Icons – Give Your Presentations A Face-Lift
- IDEO DFV Method – How To Build Compelling Offerings?
- IFE Analysis
- IKIGAI – Is Consulting Your Calling?
- Impostor Syndrome
- Industry Cost Curve
- Influence Mapping – Understanding Power Distribution
- Influence Stakeholder Viewpoint Through CATWOE
- Information – How Do Consultants Quickly Ramp Up?
- Informed Opinion – Consultants, Take A Position
- Innovation Management – Why Is It Important?
- Innovation Management Strategy – How To Formulate One?
- Intention-Action Gap
- Internal Analysis
- Internal Consultants – How Are They Different?
- Invent And Simplify – How To Stay Ahead Of The Curve?
- IT Governance – Why Should Enterprises Pay Attention?
- It Strategy – Why Is It Important?
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- Management Structure
- Maslow’s Hierarchy – Understanding Human Behavior
- Master Data
- Master Data Management
- Mba – Inspirations You May Gather From Business School
- MBO – What Is Management By Objectives?
- MBTI – Understand Your Personality Type
- McKinsey SCP Framework
- McKinsey’s Influence Model Of Leading Change
- MECE Framework
- MEDDPICC
- Meeting Minutes – Make Yourself Indispensable
- Metadata
- Mindful Listening – Why Should Consultants Master This Art?
- Mindmap – A Tool For Creativity And Structured Thinking
- Mintzberg’s 5Ps – How To Define Strategy?
- MOOCs – How To Successfully Finish MOOC Courses?
- MoSCoW Principle
- Motivation – Why Choose The Consulting Profession?
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- Obeya – Toyota’s War Rooms Shape Strategies
- Occam’s Razor
- OGSM – How To Rally Teams Around Shared Organizational Vision?
- OIA Approach To E-Mails
- OKR – How To Execute Strategy?
- OLI – A Framework For International Expansion
- OODA – How To Make Faster Decisions?
- Open Source Leadership
- Operational Strategy – What Is It And Why Develop One?
- Organizational Culture
- Organizational Topology
- Origins – How Did Strategy Evolve Through History?
- Ownership – How To Enhance Your Client Accountability?
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- Palantir Business Model
- PARC Framework
- Pareto Principle – Do More With Less
- Parking Lot – Use It To Run Effective Workshops
- Parkinsons Law
- PARTS – An Approach Towards Strategic Alliances
- PASTOR – A Framework For Compelling Proposals
- PechaKucha – How To Deliver Engaging Presentations?
- Peloton – How Does It Make Money?
- Penguin Effect – How Consultants Facilitate Action
- People Pleasing – How To Enhance Your Self-Esteem?
- PERMA+ Model – How It Benefits Businesses?
- Personal Construct Theory – How To Shape Constructs?
- PESTLE Analysis
- PICK Chart – Effective Brainstorming Tool For Consultants
- PIE – The Next Generation Of Porter’s Five Forces
- Podcasts – Knowledge On The Move
- Pomodoro Technique – How To Manage Your Time As A Consultant?
- Porter’s Five Forces
- Power – Understand, Leverage And Influence Outcomes
- Practice Resources – Sample Consulting Case Studies
- Profit Pools – Manage For Profits, NOT Revenues
- Promotion – Managers, Consultants And Biases
- Pros-And-Cons – An Approach For Decision-Making
- Prospect Theory
- Provenance Paradox – The Brand Of Origin
- Pugh Matrix – How To Use Criteria In Evaluating Alternatives?
- Pursue Opportunities Using Action Priority Matrix
- Pygmalion Effect – How To Shape Performance?
- Pyramid Principle
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- RAPID – How To Make Strategic Decisions?
- RBV – What Is A Resource-Based View Of Strategy?
- Red Queen Effect In Competitive Strategy
- Revenue Model – Strategies For Ecommerce Platforms
- RICE – How to prioritize features?
- Robinhood – How Does It Make Money?
- Rogers’ Five Factors – How To Appraise Innovations?
- Rule Of Thirds
- Rule Of Three
- Ryanair – How Does It Make Money?
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- Sandler System
- Satir – A Change Model From A Family Therapist
- SCAMPER – Framework For Ideation And Brainstorming
- Scatter Plots – Visualising Two Different Numeric Variables
- Scenario Planning – How To Plan For Uncertainties?
- Schein’s Organizational Culture Model
- SCQA Logic
- SCRAP Framework
- Selective Perception Marketing – How Can Big Data Help?
- Servant Leadership
- Services Marketing Mix
- SERVQUAL – How To Compare An Organization’s Service Quality?
- ShuHaRi – Japanese Framework To Mastery
- Single Instinct
- SIPOC – A Model To Analyze Organizational Processes
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Six Sigma – Improve Quality Through Statistics
- Size Instinct
- Small Talk
- SMART – How To Set Effective Goals?
- SNAP
- Snapchat Business Model
- SOAR Analysis – A Tool For Strategic Planning
- Socratic Method – How Can Consultants Promote Client Learning?
- Solution Selling
- SOW – How To Write A Compelling Statement Of Work?
- SPACE Analysis
- SpaceX Business Model
- SPICED
- SPIN
- SQVID – How To Help Clients See Your Opinions?
- Stakeholder Analysis – Interest – Influence Matrix
- Stakeholder Map – Tool For Stakeholder Analysis
- Stakeholder Types #1 – How To Identify Self-Proponents?
- Stakeholder Types #10 – How To Identify Mommy?
- Stakeholder Types #11 – How To Identify Pessimist?
- Stakeholder Types #2 – How To Identify Jesters?
- Stakeholder Types #3 – How To Identify Perfectionists?
- Stakeholder Types #4 – How To Identify Introverts?
- Stakeholder Types #5 – How To Identify Careerists?
- Stakeholder Types #6 – How To Identify Divas?
- Stakeholder Types #7 – How To Identify Thieves?
- Stakeholder Types #8 – How To Identify Gossipers?
- Stakeholder Types #9 – How To Identify Buzzword-Bazooka?
- STAR – How To Ace Behavioral Interviews?
- Star Model – How To Design Organizations?
- Storyboard – How To Build Compelling Presentations?
- Straight-Line Instinct
- Strategic Analysis – How To Execute One?
- Strategy Diamond – How Do Strategic Components Fit Together?
- Straw Man Proposal – Brainstorming, The McKinsey Way
- Streisand Effect – Why Should Consultants Develop PR Skills?
- SUCCESS – How To Design Messages That Stick?
- SWOT – How To Analyze The Business Environment?
- Systemic Questionnaire – How Do Consultants Use It?
- Systems Theory Of Management
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- TAM / SAM / SOM – How To Properly Size The Market?
- The Black Swan Model
- The Eisenhower Matrix – Get More Done
- The Goldilocks Effect
- The Hedgehog Concept – Fight Distractions And Sharpen Focus
- The IKEA Effect – How To Catalyze Client Ownership?
- The Spotlight Effect – How Should Consultants Handle This?
- TikTok Business Model
- TOM – What Is A Target Operating Model?
- TQM – How To Gain Competitive Advantage Through Quality?
- Transactional Data
- Transient Advantage
- Triple Bottom Line
- Turnitin – Company Analysis And Business Model
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- Value – How To Communicate Your Worth As A Consultant?
- Value – What Do Consulting Firms Really Deliver?
- Value Chain Analysis
- Value Innovation – How To Construct A Blue Ocean Strategy?
- Value Net – A Framework For Strategic Alliances
- Value Selling
- Vertical Integration
- Virtue Signaling
- VMOSA
- VoC – What Is Voice Of The Customer?
- Voice Of The Customer (VoC)
- VRIO – A Resource-Based Framework For Sustained Competitive Advantage
- VUCA – How Should Consultants Handle This?
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- Wayfair Business Model
- What Is A Book-To-Bill Ratio In Financial Statements?
- What Is A Fixed Price Economic Price Adjustment Model?
- What Is A Fixed Price Incentive Successive Targets Contract?
- What Is A Fixed Price Plus Incentive Contract?
- What Is A Staff Augmentation Model?
- What Is The Difference Between A Methodology And A Framework?
- What Is Thought Leadership?