Ushma Pandya tackles the ever-growing problem of waste disposal and offers insights from waste reporting, including goals and progress from major brands. Insights from a scan of 50 Firms in the media/travel/ consumer products, telecom and retail industries. Think Zero did a scan of over 50 companies in the media, travel, consumer products, telecom, retail […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Oma Kegwache with Fizi Advisors . Oma is an accomplished Operations expert with over 13 years of experience in operationalizing strategies and crafting efficient structures to foster growth, transformation, and increased efficiency across various organizations & industries. Her diverse career has honed her operational skills significantly; at BCG, she developed […]
Sohil Parekh shares key points on how marketing can help drive digital transformation of companies stuck in a rut. This article is taken from an interview with the VP of Customer Engagement & Technology at Liberty Mutual Insurance. Steve Backhaus is VP, Customer Engagement & Technology at Liberty Mutual Insurance. His team is responsible for […]
This evergreen post from Tirrell Payton identifies the four characteristics of a successful agile change management team. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A company decides it wants to transform and become more Agile. They hire an experienced Scrum Master consultant to help lead the change. They send 20 people off to Agile […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Daniel John Hurdle with EPIC3. Dan recently founded EPIC3 (Extraordinary Performance Improvements via Consulting, Coaching, and C-Suite services, based out of the Durango, CO mountain paradise. Prior, Dan completed 2 CEO roles at Colectivo Coffee and Safety Services Company (working with/for Serent Capital). He served as a corporate executive for […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Susana Noelia Medina Valdivieso with onepoint5. Susana is a strategy and implementation senior consultant with 20+ years of experience and with a passion to help clients identify and maximize the opportunities of the transition to a Net Zero economy. Strong and structured strategist, creative, innovative, and valued as a thought […]
Edgar Perez takes an insightful look forward into Huawei’s technological innovations. Salt is an essential natural resource for human life that has been exploited by human civilizations around the world since ancient times for consumption and preservation of food, creating of trade routes, influencing economies, promoting creation and development, and even provoking wars. One of […]
Dana Bilsky Asher shares an article that explains how non-contact boxing can improve your leadership skills. Several years ago, I found myself frequently debating with leaders and teams about the merits of a metaphor: Are our work lives marathons or sprints? What I eventually realized, however, is that they are neither. A marathon gives off […]
Martin Pergler explains how to interview experts. Building strategic or financial planning models invariably involves agreeing on forward-looking estimates for crucial assumptions using hashtag#expertinsight, sometimes as single-point estimates, sometimes as multiple hashtag#scenarios, and sometimes as (approximate) probability distributions. Unfortunately, the way experts are interviewed often significantly limits the information gained from them, especially due to […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Scott Ohman with Etharian Strategic Advisors. Scott spent eight years working as a growth and transformation specialist as part of BCG’s Hong Kong practice. He subsequently worked in Asia and lately in the US for major multinational consumer goods and aviation companies – Fossil, Avon and Cathay Pacific – in […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jordan Bedford with Impact Insights. Jordan has held leadership roles in Operational Excellence at Sanofi Genzyme and Elkem, and in Product Development and Innovation for Elkem Materials. As an engagement manager in McKinsey operations, he has provided guidance to clients spanning various sectors. Jordan excels in driving transformational change via […]
In this article, Jeffery Perry explores the concept of DEI and how black leaders take affirmative action. On the heels of the US Supreme Court decision regarding college admissions, affirmative action—along with its more contemporary cousin, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)—has been front and center in the national discourse. While there has been vigorous debate […]