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Long-form essays, field notes, and frameworks from the FIRMSconsulting team — published weekly.
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Will Creating the Super League Render a Teams’ Status Moot?
Will Creating the Super League Render a Teams’ Status Moot? An article from Financial Times is about a plan underway to build a new super league for European football that sits above the Champions League, backed by financial powerhouses. In Europe, each country has its own domestic league made up of 15-30 teams. If there are 20 in a…
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Asian Governments: Debt & Taxation
Asian Governments: Debt & Taxation There’s a piece in Nikkei Asia about how Asian governments—for a very long time—believed in lean, decentralized governments. For a country to run, they believed they needed to create an environment where private sector investments and regional governments would step up, but the central government would play a very limited role. In fact, Asian governments…
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Apple iPhone 12: Pride vs. Power
Apple iPhone 12: Pride vs. Power In an investigative piece from Nikkei Asia, journalists broke down the Apple iPhone 12 into its separate components, assigning dollar value and determining the origin country of each component. They found that 26.8% of the value of components in an Apple iPhone 12 comes from Korea; 21.9% from the United States; the little…
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Productivity + Proposals (Monday Morning 8am #4)
Hello everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this newsletter, we’re going to focus on four major themes from last week’s news. To listen to the audio version of this newsletter, search for “Strategy Skills”…
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MM8am Not all risk is
Hello, everyone! This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a weekly newsletter where we distill the insights from all of the distractions, articles, and emails that you receive in your inbox every day. In this week’s newsletter, we’re going to focus on one overarching theme, risk, and you’ll see that theme running through all of the…
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MM8am What is Netflix’s real strategy?
Hi, everyone. This is Monday Morning 8 a.m., a newsletter that goes out—as you guessed it—every Monday. You can listen to the audio version of this Monday Morning 8 a.m. episode by searching “Strategy Skills” in any podcast app! In this newsletter, we have one goal: to help you distill the insights from the noise out there. So here are the big themes we’re noticing in the…
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MM8am Pandemics, Growth, Valuation, Technology Companies
Hi, everyone. This is “Monday Morning 8 a.m. #1: Technology Companies, Pandemics, Growth, Valuation,” a newsletter that goes out—as you guessed it—every Monday. You can listen to the audio version of this Monday Morning 8 a.m. episode by searching “Strategy Skills” in any podcast app! In this newsletter, we have one goal: to help you distill the insights from the…
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Advanced Management Consulting Courses, Training, Resources & Consulting Knowledge Management Library
Advanced Management Consulting Courses, Training, Resources & Consulting Knowledge Management Library Effective training in the management consulting industry is not easy to find. There are a lot of management consulting courses taught by people who spent their whole careers in academia, and some management consulting courses are taught by very junior consultants who spent 1-2…
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Kris Safarova’s Biography
As Presiding Partner Kris works with only the most eminent BCG, McKinsey et al ex-partners to produce strategy, operations, implementation and case interview media that does not exist anywhere else. She is the author of 5 books on strategy and critical thinking. This is the story of how I changed my life when I found…
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5 Career Success Strategies When You Start From Nothing
5 Career Success Strategies When You Start From Nothing There are 5 career success strategies you need to follow when you are building your career and life from nothing. Follow them consistently and you will likely see your peers trying to catch you by the tail. In the recent article, we spoke about the confidence…
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25 best strategy books to help you excel at business strategy
25 Best Strategy Books to Help You Excel at Business Strategy This is a curated list of the best strategy books that I, and other partners you know from the FIRMSconsulting training programs, think are best in preparing you to understand, apply and excel at the development and execution of business strategy. We are going…
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Presentation Skills: Stand Up and Present with Confidence
Presentation Skills: Stand Up and Present with Confidence Effective presentation skills are vital for most business roles. Many people never master presentation skills. Therefore, you can really set yourself apart from your colleagues by developing strong presentation skills. Steps to enhance your presentation skills are outlined for inexperienced and semi-experienced presenters below. What are presentation skills? Presentation skills refer…