What kinds of expertise do McKinsey consultants bring to specific engagements?
The expertise we contribute to a study runs along two main axes: the general problem-solving skills our consultants apply in an engagement and the industry-specific experience/knowledge with which we supplement our analyses. We believe our unique, analytical approach to problem solving is the core asset we bring to our clients. In practice, these skills may, for example, involve our ability to handle complex financial modeling, to assess the economic value of a specific market strategy, or to structure a complex business problem into a series of simple, actionable alternatives. In order to build these skills we seek to attract people who excel at problem solving, and we invest a great amount of resources in developing analytical tools and frameworks that we then apply in our client work. Deep knowledge and an understanding of a specific sector by the McKinsey team are crucial to the full success of the study. McKinsey provides this knowledge via a group of senior consultants/industry e
