First, the big news, which is that Case Master has become a #1 bestseller on Amazon! Thank you to everyone who has purchased a copy, and good luck in your case interviews! Second, we knew that when Doug Clouse agreed… Read More ›
Ron Clouse
Color Blind No More (Case Master Update III)
When Valentin Nugmanov and I wrote the case “Mind’s Eye,” which revolves around bringing to the market a new lens to help with color blindness, it was meant to be purely fictional. However, since Case Master was published, EnChroma glasses… Read More ›
Blindingly Dumb (Case Master Update II)
Displaying good mental math skills and clever approaches to estimating make consultants really shine, and in Case Master we provide a number of opportunities to practice both of these. In fact, solving the case “Cosmetic Change” requires nailing down believable… Read More ›
Blindspots (Case Master Update I)
I ran across this TEDxVienna talk by magician Kyle Eschen entitled “The art of cognitive blindspots,” and it struck me, because discovering one’s “blindspots” is a major feature of Case Master. The key to solving difficult consulting cases is to… Read More ›
Countdown Poetry: John Cooper Clarke and Nick Helm
If you like letters and numbers, the nearly-40-year-old British game show Countdown is a good way to pass a half an hour. If you like letters, numbers, and bawdy humor, there’s the hybrid version, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does… Read More ›
None of Our Business. Update: Amazon Filled with Unsafe Products
So, we have to relate an interesting conversation we had with Amazon the other day. We called to ask what the protocol was when one discovers that a competing book has plagiarized material, is erasing negative reviews, and is using… Read More ›
Another Award for Case Master
Case Master has won Silver in the Business Non-Fiction category of the 2019 Global Ebook Awards, also known as the Dan Poynter Legacy Award. Dan Poynter was an expert skydiver who, through writing about parachuting and skydiving, became an early… Read More ›
New Case Master Landing Page, with Free Stuff
Case Master has been getting some good news from book competitions, and our designer has kindly re-designed the free chapter give-away, so we did a complete overhaul of the book’s landing page, casemasterbook.com. Here is a list of our most recent competition results:… Read More ›
Case Ratings by Case Master Club
Now on Instagram, Case Master Club is posting ratings of some of the more popular practice cases used in the consulting community to prepare for case interviews. These ratings are also being posted on LinkedIn, and they are being done… Read More ›
Case Master FINALIST: Forewords’ 2018 INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Case Master has been chosen as a finalist in the Career category of the INDIES Book of the Year Award by Foreword Reviews. More than 2,000 entries spread across 56 genres were submitted for consideration. The list of finalists was determined by Foreword’s editorial team…. Read More ›