Your Strategy for McDonald's

Teamwork, scoping and storytelling produce presentations that persuade executives.

Strategy Class: 175 Questions

A comprehensive question set spanning value creation, industry structure and innovation.

Getting to Yes in Negotiations

Separate people from the problem and generate options before deciding.

The Founder's Mentality

Bain's framework explains how companies lose their insurgent soul while scaling.

American Obesity Costs Lives

Two-thirds of Americans are overweight, costing billions and killing millions.

Whose Strategy Is Healthcare?

US healthcare is sub-optimization at scale, and strategy depends on whose seat you take.

AI as Your Second Brain

How executives can use AI as a thinking partner for pressure-testing ideas without outsourcing their judgment or voice

The Consulting Hourglass

Consulting careers follow an hourglass shape: broad generalist, narrow specialist, broad generalist again.

Ten Tests of Strategy

Most company strategies pass fewer than four of ten rigorous tests. Find your gaps.

Big Lie of Strategic Planning

Strategic planning reduces fear but often replaces real strategy with spreadsheets.

How a Famous Strategy Firm Collapsed

A once-elite strategy consulting firm's bankruptcy shows how prestige alone cannot prevent collapse.

Write Down Key Takeaways

Spending two minutes on a key takeaway transforms passive learning into active mastery.