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Thinking Like A Consultant: Quantitative Reasoning And Prioritization
… are vital to success as a management consultant. Here, we’ll address the first 2.
1 – Quantitative Reasoning Is All About Outcomes
After attending a top firm’s on-campus presentation, you may come away thinking that consultants solve problems by simply putting on their thinking caps, grabbing an expensive latte and having a stroke of brilliance while staring intelligently off into space.
Before we get carried away with ourselves, it is important to remember that qualitative reasoning does have a place in management consulting. But all things considered, quantitative reasoning rules the roost. Quantitative reasoning is all about outcomes.