Breakout Business English - Improve your vocabulary and confidence using English at work.
May 27, 2026 · 25 min · 13 segments
Send us Fan Mail The SCQA framework is the topic of todays podcast, continuing our series on speaking frameworks. If you need to solve problems at…
These are the practical tools that you can start using straight away to speak more clearly and confidently in English at work.
So if you've been following this series, you've already heard about the 3-2-1 framework, which helps you organize lots of ideas around one central point, and PREP, P-R-E-P, which gives you a reliable structure for sharing recommendations and opinions.
Today's framework is slightly different from both of those, and I think it might be the one that some people at least will get the most use out of.
It's called SCQA, SCQA, and it comes from the world of management consulting.
In fact, it was developed by a woman named Barbara Minto who worked at McKinsey, which is, as many of you will know, one of the most well-known consulting firms in the world.
This framework is a very human and very natural way to communicate, and once I explain it, I think you'll be excited to apply it with your colleagues, clients, and customers.
I should mention that I coach a couple of McKinsey consultants in different parts of the world to help improve their communication.
In fact, I coach consultants from a, a few different consultancies, McKinsey being one of them.
But one thing I love about working with business and management consultants is how structured their speaking and communication is.
It's really enjoyable to listen to the way they present ideas.
So let's see if we can help you bring some of that structure to your English speaking today.
These are the practical tools that you can start using straight away to speak more clearly and confidently in English at work.
So if you've been following this series, you've already heard about the 3-2-1 framework, which helps you organize lots of ideas around one central point, and PREP, P-R-E-P, which gives you a reliable structure for sharing recommendations and opinions.
Today's framework is slightly different from both of those, and I think it might be the one that some people at least will get the most use out of.
It's called SCQA, SCQA, and it comes from the world of management consulting.
In fact, it was developed by a woman named Barbara Minto who worked at McKinsey, which is, as many of you will know, one of the most well-known consulting firms in the world.
This framework is a very human and very natural way to communicate, and once I explain it, I think you'll be excited to apply it with your colleagues, clients, and customers.
I should mention that I coach a couple of McKinsey consultants in different parts of the world to help improve their communication.
In fact, I coach consultants from a, a few different consultancies, McKinsey being one of them.
But one thing I love about working with business and management consultants is how structured their speaking and communication is.
It's really enjoyable to listen to the way they present ideas.
So let's see if we can help you bring some of that structure to your English speaking today.
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