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Two of the best skills you pick up from case competitions aren't solving the actual case. They're public speaking and networking. Back in 2019, my team and I were in Rotterdam, Netherlands, competing at Erasmus University. After the opening ceremonies, we sto...

Over the years of coaching teams for case-solving competitions, if you asked any of my team members what the number one piece of advice I gave them, it would likely be this: "Don't boil the ocean." Too often, ambitious and talented teams try to do everything....

Too many teams deliver a great solution but leave the real impact in the resolution room. Here’s what actually separates podium teams from the rest. One of the most consistent patterns I see after 20+ years of coaching case-solving competition teams and debri...

The best teams deliver a unified, high-energy, emotionally connected performance. Most teams don’t. Here’s exactly why and how to build consistency from minute one in the resolution room. One of the clearest, most frustrating patterns I’ve observed after 20...

The biggest reward I get as a case-solving coach isn’t when a student finally cracks a complex profitability case or delivers a flawless recommendation. It’s when I watch them transform. When the nervous, hesitant version of themselves is replaced by someone w...

In the last episode, I talked about the missing piece in education: real confidence isn’t built through exposure, it’s built through uncomfortable experience. This week, let’s get practical. How do we design practice environments that don’t just teach skills,...