I distinctly remember as an Analyst on my first project telling my PPMD and SM that I hated PPT and excel, and thought it was the stupidest thing ever that we had to align everything and storyboard. Thankfully they laughed and didn’t roll me off. Now I’m in industry corporate strategy and teaching my new analysts how to create slides and she said the same thing😬. Funny how things change, and now I realize that those consulting skills are more important as you move up in corporate America

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Lol. I am sad that I didn’t think of this. Brilliant.

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This. This is actually the reason I moved into consulting as an experienced hire. My previous boss was exceptional at the PPT story telling everyone would listen to them. I was baffled.

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That is absolutely correct!

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To be honest I find it a relief when new analysts/consultants question why everything is a damn slide

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