Interview a consultant, win a prize!
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Wed, 17/02/10 – 18:02 | 2 Comments

To make things interesting, I am proposing the following game: interview a consultant, win a prize! Send me a copy of the interview by Friday 26 March 2010, Sydney time.

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Analysis framework

Basic consulting frameworks to analyse common business problems

Business strategy

Ideas and insights on business strategy

Consulting firms

Lists of the consulting firms in Australia, India and America (more to follow)

Economics

An explanation of micro and macro economic concepts

Investing

Basic investment principles and thoughts on investing

Top 5 Tips to Nailing the Management Consulting Interview
Sun, 13/09/09 – 0:18 | 2 Comments

In order to maximize your chances during the interviewing process, it’s important to prepare carefully. This article provides 5 tips to help you ace the interview.

Tony Robbins – Six Human Needs
Sun, 30/08/09 – 16:30 | One Comment

Following on from the theme of my last post, which highlighted Alain de Botton’s kinder and gentler philosophy of success, I think it would be valuable to consider why we do what we do. In an attempt to become “successful” many of us work long hours …

TEDx Emerald City
Fri, 28/08/09 – 14:24 | One Comment
TEDx Emerald City

Last night I attended my first independently organised TED event, TEDx EmeraldCity.
The event was organised by the ever dynamic and always delightful Melissa O’Young. The name of the event sounds pretty random, and it is, but it is also quite clever. Since this was an Australian …

Results: CFA Level 1 Exam 2009
Mon, 17/08/09 – 23:34 | 3 Comments

The CFA Level 1 Exam Results have just been released.  Following on from my slightly worried exam-day overview of the 2009 CFA Level 1 Exam, I thought you may be interested to know the result:

Porter’s Six Steps of Strategic Positioning
Sun, 16/08/09 – 21:07 | No Comment
Porter’s Six Steps of Strategic Positioning

In an article entitled “Strategy and the Internet” published in the March 2001 edition of the Harvard Business Review, Michael Porter outlined six principles that he believes companies need to follow if they want to establish and maintain a distinctive strategic position in the market …