Kickstart Consulting

User Needs

What is consulting?

Roles and Segregations

What are the skills / tools that might be relevant?

How do I find what my niche is?

Structure

Span - 3-5 Weeks

Introduction to Consulting

Base Case Study

Framework

Context Development

Problem Definition

Generating Hypothesis

Testing Hypothesis

Synthesis - 'Insight Development'

Recommendations

Assimilating Inferences

Assumptions

Pick up each bullet from MESE & draft potential hypotheses for each

Industry Research

Firm Research

Stakeholder Identification

Problem Bifurcation / Elaboration

Component Breakdown

Real Problem Statement

Problem defined in terms of what client wants vs what s/he needs

Mutually Exclusice / Completely Exhaustive

Iterations

Drafting Assumptions

Validating Assumptions

Bifocal Lensing - Where & How does the hypothesis fit in to the whole scenario

Hypothesis Interaction

Conditions for Interaction

Network impact of Hypothesis

Limiting Scope within each assumption as it fits in to the larger scope

Storyboarding

Consulting Communication

Output Presentation

Storytelling