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Amar Raval Charlotte, NC BA, University of North Carolina Boston Consulting Group Ernst & Young IBM Umbrex member
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Amar Raval. Amar is an enterprise strategy and transformation leader with over 14 years of experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives across Fortune 500 and highly regulated organizations. His work spans operating model modernization, M&A integration and separation, enterprise risk and cybersecurity transformation, and governance redesign. He specializes in translating enterprise strategy into measurable financial, operational, […]

Smaranda Gosa-Mensing Dublin, Ireland MSc, INSEAD McKinsey & Co Grant Thornton Gillette Umbrex member
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Smaranda Gosa-Mensing shares insights on agentic AI from her time moderating a panel on AI Week at Grant Thornton in Ireland. This morning I was delighted to moderate a panel on agentic AI as part of our All In on AI Week at Grant Thornton Ireland with 4 esteemed panellists. And what a conversation it […]

Earl Hoover Bethesda, MD BS, Texas A&M University McKinsey & Co Kosmos Energy Twelve Thirty Four Concepts Umbrex member
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Earl Hoover. Earl is a petroleum engineer turned strategy and operations consultant. He spent seven years at Kosmos Energy as a reservoir and production engineer across West Africa and Europe, working on field development, production optimization and emissions reduction, and three years at McKinsey, most recently as an Engagement Manager leading operations and post-merger integration […]

Yewande Faloyin London, England MEng, Imperial College London McKinsey & Co Morgan Stanley OTITỌ Consulting
Thought Leadership

Yéwándé Faloyin highlights the problem of an all-too-common pattern leaders often experience when stepping into the role and explains how to address the issue. There’s a leadership pattern I keep noticing. From the outside, everything looks great. From the inside, something feels… slightly unsettled… This was the case for my client, Sami. She had just […]

Sameh Elrefaei San Francisco, CA MBA, Queen's University McKinsey&Co Flex Bank of Montreal Mayhem Pursuits
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Sameh Elrefaei shares his experience of layoffs when he had to create an ‘affliction list’ and a ‘synergies approach’ presentation. It’s one of the most dreaded but increasingly frequent phenomena in corporate enterprises these days. Lay offs. An intriguingly awkward name given after years of softening and humanizing an action in which you’re telling someone […]

Smaranda Gosa-Mensing Dublin, Ireland MSc, INSEAD McKinsey & Co Grant Thornton Gillette Umbrex member
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Smaranda Gosa-Mensing. “Global CHRO and transformation leader specialising in leadership development and organisational change in the age of AI. Expertise in redesigning work and talent practices, building organisational capability, developing and coaching leaders, and helping founders and technology organisations scale.”

Emily Ellis Chicago, IL MA, Harvard Boston Consulting Group McKinsey & Co Deloitte
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Emily Ellis shares the results of a marketing test on a B2B cybersecurity’s paid and organic search spend and how they reduced the spend and increased organic search results. A $34M ARR cybersecurity team held paid flat at $27K a month, tripled organic to three posts a week from the CEO and three SMEs, and […]

Shuyao Wang São Paulo, Brazil BA, Columbia McKinsey & Co Independent Consultant Umbrex member
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Shuyao Wang. “I am an independent strategy consultant and former McKinsey Associate with nearly four years of experience supporting C-suite leaders across transformation, operational improvement and growth strategy. I have led workstreams and junior teams across luxury hospitality, consumer goods, automotive and industrial sectors, delivering measurable impact in revenue growth, cost optimization and organizational change. […]

Susan Dunn Portland, OR PhD, Fielding Graduate U McKinsey&Co Oliver Wyman Mazda Third Thought Consulting
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In a fast-changing world, Susan Dunn shares an article that highlights the things that aren’t changing and where leverage lies. There are days when it feels like a lot of things are getting worse. AI is remaking work. Geopolitics are shifting and traditional institutions are crumbling. Attention spans are vanishing. The if-it-bleeds-it-leads mentality ensures that […]

Aldo Perani Milan, Italy MBA, Kellogg BCG Eurocoltellerie Citibank Umbrex member
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Aldo Perani. Aldo is an experienced executive with a strong track record in value creation through growth and reorganization of businesses. He has extensive experience in consumer goods and retail industries, and has held leadership roles in private equity-owned companies. Aldo is a strategic thinker with hands-on implementation capabilities and an early adopter of AI […]

Elizabeth Park Seattle, WA MBA, Booth McKinsey & Co Accenture Amazon Umbrex member
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Elizabeth Park. I’m an operations consultant specializing in procurement and change management, having worked at both McKinsey and Accenture. I started my career in operations at a global construction and engineering firm before moving into consulting, which shapes how I approach every engagement: practical solutions built around the belief that people make or break a […]

Geoff Orazem Washington, D.C. JD, Harvard Law School McKinsey & Co J2 Ventures Tigris Systems Umbrex member
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Geoff Orazem shares advice on how to avoid common mistakes when looking for government contracts for your business. Land profitable government contracts and make long-lasting relationships with government buyers. Use the right tools and processes to easily discover your niche. It’s easy to get buried under the licensing, registration, and administrative work. Anyone from small […]