The McKinsey Way
by Ethan M. Rasiel
How McKinsey consultants think and work: MECE, hypothesis-first, the elevator test, managing the team and the client. Short and useful far beyond consulting.
Read it if…
you want structured problem-solving habits.
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Skip it if…
you want depth; see The Pyramid Principle.
Try instead: The McKinsey Mind →
Three things you will actually use
- Mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive.
- Start with a hypothesis.
- Pass the elevator test.
Do this first
Make your next analysis MECE.
Our verdict
Consulting habits.
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