Insights

Insights

The right insight can sharpen judgment, reveal hidden patterns, and turn uncertainty into a clearer path forward. This collection brings together ideas that help you see more broadly, think more critically, and make decisions with greater confidence and perspective. Expect articles that surface what matters, connect the dots across complex situations, and help you move from information overload to meaningful action. Read this category when you want better clarity, better choices, and better outcomes.

Career Day Lessons

Relationships, craft and gratitude define a meaningful career in consulting.

The Informational Interview

Low-expectation meetings with strangers build knowledge, networks and eventual opportunity.

Rental Property Investing Math

Four property analyses reveal how interest rates reshape rental investment returns

Musk's War on Meetings

Musk's rules: shrink meetings, leave when useless, skip jargon, bypass hierarchy.

America Spends, China Builds

C+I+G+NX explains why American consumption and Chinese investment look so lopsided.

Watch the Version Control

Consulting teams need version control to co-create deliverables without chaos

Mastering Executive Status Reports

Executive report-outs run on expectations, and preparation decides whether they build trust.

Olympic Medals by Productivity

Alternative metrics crown surprising winners once medal counts meet denominators.

A User Manual for Healthcare

The Health Care Handbook maps the sprawling US healthcare system into learnable buckets.

BCG Tackles Loose Dogs

A Boston Consulting Group pro bono deck reveals consulting craft fundamentals

Learning From Global Taxes

A Fine Mess asks why Americans spend 30 hours on what takes the Dutch 15 minutes.

Winter Reading Economist Insights

Covid-19, Chinese retail, 5G auctions, infrastructure spending and cheap money shaped early 2021.