How Management Consulting Teaches Problem Solving

In Chapter 12 of 23 in his 2014 Capture Your Flag interview, business strategist Bryan Law answers "How Has Your Management Consulting Experience Helped You Be a More Strategic Thinker?" Working as a management consultant teaches Law how to be a better problem solver by training him to best organize and structure client problems. Helping clients organize their thinking allows Law and his management consulting project team to break down difficult problems, better organize information and help clients make critical decisions.

Bryan Law is a Principal in the Global Business Strategy Group at Google and a board member at Angola University. Previously, he was a manager at Monitor, management consulting firm. He has worked in consulting roles at Watson Wyatt and Mercer. He earned an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business and a BA from Georgetown University.