Currently in operations consulting looking to make a move into strategy. Will taking courses on Coursera help? If yes, please recommend. If not, how can I go about this?

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No there are no hard skills needed for strategy work. You just need prestige + bullshitting ability. You should read enough to have approximate knowledge of many things and be eloquent enough to bullshit convincingly.

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Doesn't hurt. But if the skill is not already acquired, time and energy is best spent elsewhere. If you're smart and driven enough for high-end strategy consulting, then you're smart and driven enough to quickly pick up tableau or alteryx

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No.

To get through a strategy consulting interview, you'll need to understand business fundamentals. You might be able to learn a lot of this from Coursera, but you'd be better served just studying case prep material. You'll need to know how to analyse data and structure problems. And you'll likely need to practice case interviews.

More importantly you'll need to network into an interview or get an MBA (which helps you get the interview and provides lots of case prep opportunities).

Most importantly, why do you want to do strategy consulting?

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You should focus on casing and networking into strat firms. Look over Victor Cheng for how to structure, and review Case in Point for examples / the business acumen piece (but not their approach - it’s outdated).

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