Consultant Fun Facts
Consulting 201
SLK Onboarding
Riddles
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
100

This consultant plays Ice Hockey in their free time. 

Who is Marc? 

100

This is the consulting methodology that involves continuous improvement through small, incremental changes rather than large-scale, disruptive innovation.

What is Kaizen?

100

This pillar focuses on ensuring the company thrives long-term, even beyond its current leadership.

What is "Firm for the Future"?

100

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

What are footsteps?

100

Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?

What is Jupiter?

200

This consultant is a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Who is Hannah? 

200

When evaluating the profitability of a company, consultants often use this financial metric, which measures a company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

What is EBITDA?

200

Under this pillar, the work we enjoy results in a meaningful contribution.

What is "Professionally Rewarding"?

200

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

What is an echo?

200

In which year did the Declaration of Independence get signed?

What is 1776?

300

This consultant has a plate and four screws in their arm after a snowmobile accident. 

Who is Preston?

300

In change management, this widely used model outlines the process of transition from the current state to the desired future state in five stages: awareness, desire, knowledge, ability, and reinforcement.

What is the ADKAR model?

300

This pillar highlights the importance of doing work that is valuable for both the company and its clients.

What is "Financially Successful"?

300

I’m an odd number, but if you take away one letter, I become even. What am I?

What is seven?

300

If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

What is 5 minutes?

400

This consultant is the youngest grandchild out of 22.

Who is Lydia? 

400

This problem-solving framework is often used by consultants to ensure that issues are broken down in a way that covers all possibilities without overlap, standing for "Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive."

What is MECE?

400

These four categories make up SLKone's team philosophy: IKIGAI

What are Mission + Passion + Vocation +Profession?

400

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it, and the person who uses it never knows they're using it. What is it?

What is a coffin?

400

Which part of a story introduces the characters and setting?

What is the exposition?

500

This consultant grew up in a lineage of musicians and chose not to be a performer for his career.

Who is Aanchit? 

500

This consulting strategy tool helps businesses analyze the attractiveness of an industry by assessing the impact of five competitive forces: rivalry among existing competitors, threat of new entrants, threat of substitute products, bargaining power of suppliers, and bargaining power of customers.

What is Porter’s Five Forces?

500

The 3 B's that make up how SLKone makes the community a better place.

What are Brawn, Brain, Business? 

500

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?

What is breath?

500

A bat and a ball together cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

What is $0.05?