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Appendix C

IMPLEMENTATION LESSONS

he McKinsey Mind focuses on implementing McKinsey tools
TEAMFLY
Tand techniques in other organizations. For quick reference
and to help you address specific issues in your own company, we
provide the following list of these new implementation lessons
along with their locations in the main text.

Chapter 1. Framing the Problem
Structure 2
Without structure, your ideas won’t stand up 4
Use structure to strengthen your thinking 6
Hypothesis 15

An initial hypothesis will save you time 18
An initial hypothesis will make your decision making
more effective 19

Chapter 2. Designing the Analysis
Let your hypothesis determine your analysis 35
Get your analytical priorities straight 36
Forget about absolute precision 38
Triangulate around the tough problems 40

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