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Team cohort guide · 4 weeks · ~3–4 hrs / week

Suggested Team Cohort Schedule(4 week version)

A suggested four-week rhythm for running Think Like a Strategy Consultant as a cohort inside your organization. This page is your operating manual for doing it together.

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Set up

Recommended Roles

Course Admin

1 person

Manages the schedule and check-ins, and matches partners.

Course Coach

1–2 people

Ideally someone who has applied these skills in consulting or a former role — the go-to person for feedback and questions.

Partners

pairs

Everyone gets one partner. Partners review each other's assignments before the team sync.

Cadence

The Weekly Rhythm

Weekly team sync

60–75 min

Same time each week, right before kick-off of the next module.

Partner check-in

30–60 min

Mid-week, async or in person — for assignment feedback and/or a working session.

Individual work

3–4 hrs

30–60 minutes watching lessons plus 1–3 hours on the assignment. Budget about 3–4 hours per week.

Plan it

Set Your Cohort Dates

Week 1’s sync lands on the first sync day at least five days after kick-off; later syncs follow weekly. Dates save in your browser and appear on the schedule below.

The schedule

Four Weeks, Week by Week

Kick-off

1–2 days before watching lessons

Week 1

Mindset & Process

Week 2

Synthesize & Structure

Week 3

Hypothesis-Driven Problem Solving

Week 4

PowerPoint & Persuasion

Running the sessions

Team Working Session Agenda

Use after weeks 2, 3, and 4 · 60 minutes total.

  1. 5 min

    Wins, aha moments, and a quick check-in.

  2. 10 min

    Each person names the most interesting thing they learned that week and how they applied it in their work.

  3. 25 min

    Share assignments and lessons learned. Present the work using skills from the course.

  4. 10 min

    Share work-in-progress from around the company and use the space for feedback from the group.

  5. 10 min

    Confirm next week's plan, assignment, expectations, and open questions.

Running the sessions

How to Give Feedback

  • Add, don’t subtract.Always add to what the other person created — “Yes, and…”, never just “I don’t like this.” Use the EVO framework: aim to add Explanations, Versions, and Opportunities.
  • Reframe critique as a better version. Ask “If you were to retitle that insight, what would you use?” — or literally propose a new one.
  • There is no single correct answer.The example-solution PDFs show many possible answers. We’re not in school anymore.