Umbrex is pleased to welcome Tegan Blaine with Blue Cairn. Dr. Tegan Blaine is founder and principal of Blue Cairn Group, which specializes in consulting around climate change leadership and action. She has over 20 years of experience in climate science, policy, and international development, most recently serving as a vice president on a climate […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Surbhee Grover with Steel & Graffiti Strategy consulting. With 18 years experience in consulting and brand management, Surbhee Grover provides growth strategy, innovation, digital and marketing advice to leading companies across consumer oriented industries (incl. food & beverage, beauty/ cosmetics, education, hospitality, luxury and digital media). She gained considerable experience […]
If you don’t have an estate plan in place already, PLEASE get one drafted up, now. The ROI is dramatic: Attorney’s fees to draft up a full estate plan including a trust, power of attorney, health care proxy, all the guardian designation documents: ~$5,000. Cost to go through probate if you don’t have a trust […]
David A. Fields identifies benefits consulting firms should focus on during this time of crisis. There are so many voices fixated on the disaster unfolding around us, that you could easily be swept into a torrent of anxiety, fear and panic. In truth, there is real reason for concern and you absolutely should heed […]
Luiz Zorzella shares measures on how to mitigate security breaches through cyber attacks during this crisis. The estimated impact of the Coronavirus Crisis continues to be revised up. Over the past couple of weeks, sequestered trying to minimize the number of fatalities, we have seen economic forecasts being revised, every time painting a more […]
The past week, I’ve published five episodes with ideas on how to stay productive when a project gets delayed. In Episode 235, Mark Williams, aka ‘Mr. LinkedIn,’ provides advice on updating your LinkedIn profile. Mark is the host of the podcast Linkedinformed, which is one of my favorites. In Episode 236, I discuss how I use Evernote as my […]
James Black shares the first post in a series that explores the development of customer understanding in 2020. To kick off the new year, I suggested ‘20 Questions to Help Your Brand or Business See 20/20 in 2020.’ To help brands and businesses assess the state of your business and identify opportunities, I wanted […]
Hugo Bernier shares his expertise in technology to explain how gateway services work and how to install one. When using cloud-based services like Office 365 and the Power Platform, it can be challenging to integrate with your on-premises resources. All of a sudden, your on-premises databases, APIs, file shares, and even your existing on-premises […]
Posted on Jim Price’s company blog is a downloadable white-paper that explores the role of automation in healthcare. As discussed in Issue One, the future of medicine will be fundamentally reshaped by a fusion of three forces: Genetics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation. The future of interventional and surgical capabilities has not been widely […]
Luiz Zorzella shares key points that can help leaders evaluate and address their approach to change to ensure better outcomes. Strategy & Value For the past 10 years, financial services firms have publicly acknowledged that they needed to change. Chances are, your organization was one of those. Commoditization meant a systematic erosion of margins […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Brett Pentz. Brett has 12+ years of management consulting and client services experience, delivering a range of strategy engagements for corporate, private equity, and public sector clients across industry, mostly focused in Healthcare and Technology. Brett’s management consulting work spans formative skills and credentials developed at Bain & Company, followed […]
In this timely post, David A. Fields provides ten strategies consulting firms can implement to help navigate through difficult times. You’re swimming in a vast sea of stressful news and, given today’s reality, you’re well within your rights to feel anxious, nervous and uncertain about how your consulting firm should proceed. Clients are shutting […]
