Category: Strategy Simplified

What is Sports Consulting? With Deloitte Sports Practice Leader Pete Giorgio (Podcast)

In this episode, we hear from Pete Giorgio, sports practice leader for Deloitte and one of the world's foremost thought leaders on the topic. Pete serves multiple sports clients as a Deloitte Principal and joined the podcast to share: His journey to Deloitte and spearheading the sports practice Business trends in sports - and how…

Soar with Simon-Kucher Workshop: How Doctoral Students Can Fast-Track the Transition to Consulting

Simon-Kucher & Partners has been hiring doctoral candidates for 30+ years and the firm has another opportunity for advanced degrees to make the leap to consulting through the firm's Soar with Simon-Kucher Workshop. In this episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with Simon-Kucher Senior Director Stephane Ricoult about the workshop. The CliffsNotes version: Soar is…

How Dillon Transitioned from Academia to Consulting at a Top 10 Firm (Podcast)

While many know that it's possible to break into consulting without a business major, most don't know the exact steps to make the transition. Today's Strategy Simplified guest - Drexel PhD Dillon Malloy - aced the process to land an EY-Parthenon offer. He joins the pod to demystify the consulting recruiting process from start-to-finish. In the conversation,…

What Do McKinsey Consultants Actually Do? With Ray Temnewo (Podcast)

What do consultants actually do in their day-to-day? Former McKinsey Senior Business Analyst Ray Temnewo, a Management Consulted case coach, comes on the pod to spill the beans. Listen in for an insightful, fast-paced conversation on: Ray's journey to McKinsey A week in the life of a McKinsey consultant His most memorable consulting engagement Why…

How a Biology Major Landed an EY-Parthenon Consulting Internship (Podcast)

Are you a non-business major like biology but want to go into consulting? Then Eric Lu's story will inspire you. We're excited to bring you today's episode where Eric shares insights from his journey into consulting. A Duke University Biology major, Eric wanted to combine his love for business with his passion for healthcare through…

Electrical Engineering to Consulting (Podcast)

If you are an engineer or working professional in the oil & gas industry wanting to transition to consulting, Prachi's story is can't-miss listening material. Coming from a background in electrical engineering at Shell, Prachi - a Management Consulted coach and former BCG Consultant/Manager - discovered consulting during her London Business School MBA and decided…

Consulting to Product Management

Consulting to Product Management - can it be done? Cara Jefferson (and others before her) showed that it can. If you're considering moving from consulting to product management, this interview is for you! We're excited to featured Cara's story, because not only did she break into consulting at Bain & Company, but she then transitioned…

How to Get a Consulting Job at Bain With a Low GPA

Can you get a consulting job with a low GPA? Edward Collinson did it, breaking into Bain & Company from a non-target school. With the odds stacked against him, how did he do it? Not only a low GPA but coming from a non-core university program? We wanted to hear for ourselves, so we brought…

The Horrors and Glories of Business Travel

In this episode, Namaan and Stephanie reveal their top travel hacks and tips from years of business travel and 80+ countries visited. In addition, they share their craziest travel horror stories - and how they survived. It's an entertaining yet informative end to our 4-part travel series. If you haven't listened to the previous 3…

What is Management Consulting Travel Really Like?

Continuing our series on travel brings us this light-hearted conversation with Tripp Twyman, a former BCG consultant and Management Consulted case coach. Tripp shares how travel at BCG has changed from pre-Covid to present day, how he maximized travel rewards in consulting, and more: BCG's travel model [2:13] The nuts-and-bolts of booking travel at BCG…