STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT
McKinsey And Its Peers Are Facing The Wildest Headwinds in Years (BQ Prime)
“The $860 billion consulting sector is battling global economic uncertainty and the fallout from a spree of ethics scandals… Some of these scandals have reignited debate over a business model that depends on partners gaining expertise from working with one client and applying those discoveries to the next. Others highlight how limited oversight is of an industry that employs 6 million people worldwide…”
Your Strategy Needs a Story (Harvard Business Review)
“…Stories can bind the logical ingredients of a strategy into an engaging narrative which can move their audience to act. Few would drive more carefully if presented with a dry list of road accident statistics. Many more would be motivated to do so by a vivid story about a particular family driving at night on an icy road.…”
Most Promising Tech Companies (CB Insights)
How Luckin Coffee overtook Starbucks as the largest coffee chain in China (CNBC)
Duolingo - How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media | Luis Von Ahn (TED)
INDIA
Day Zero: ISB welcomed a large batch last year. Now the scramble is on to get them all jobs (The Ken)
Every Content Creator Must Watch This Video - YouTube Stars Reveal Their Income (Nikhil Kamath)
Dabur has a war chest to rewrite its script (Finshots)
An example where the strategic choices taken by the firm to create value can be clearly seen. Try linking it back to concepts we discussed in class
RESEARCH
Strategic Musings
“I am 100% happy to watch you get really rich doing something that I have no interest in doing. It’s not always a competition.” - Brent Beshore
Caught my eye…
