A09: McKinsey Problem-Solving Skills: Build a storyline
- Source: Primary skill
- Repository: mickn/mckinsey-problem-solving-skills
- Accessed: 22 October 2026
- Licence reported by repository: MIT
- Status: source inspected; not installed, activated or executed
Findings
The inspected skill asks for audience, decision and likely objections, then a page-by-page table containing the claim, argument role, required evidence, intended visual, caveat and objection addressed. It requests a title-only readout, logical transitions and explicit cuts. This is a useful fit for the current evidence dossier and leadership audience. The broader repository covers structured problem solving; this review does not validate all of its skills.
Assessment
Strongest explicit evidence-to-storyline output contract among the newly inspected McKinsey-labelled planning candidates.
Limits
The repository explicitly disclaims McKinsey affiliation. This review read the storyline skill and repository overview, not every component. Decision-close and narration-independent checks should be adapted for an educational live talk.