Suhail Sameer: McKinsey trains consultants to make decisions with limited data
Suhail Sameer · The Secret Behind BharatPe’s Massive Success ft. Shashvat Nakrani & Suhail Sameer · Oct 10, 2022 · at 11:20
BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer reflects on how his former management consulting background at McKinsey shaped his startup executive skills.
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“I think McKinsey teaches you a lot on how to handle pressure. It teaches you a lot around how to sort of make the best of whatever limited, you know, right. McKinsey teams typically do like three month projects, right. So, You will never be in a place where you know more than the client yourself. I think being ability, sort of having the ability to work with limited, ah, understanding of the space and with limited data, and yet sort of take decisions is a soft skill you sort of subconsciously learned, right?”
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