Amaury Anciaux identifies an unrecognized problem that occurs in all organizations and provides steps to mitigate risk. Why quantifying modeling risk matters When testing the ideas that eventually led to River, I spoke with many analysts who build decision-support models in Excel. Almost everyone told me the same thing: They know there’s a significant risk […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Lukas Weimann with Weimann Advisory. Lukas is a strategic advisor operating at the intersection of hard science and commercial excellence. Based in the Netherlands but working across Europe, he recently founded Weimann Advisory to […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Hava Adziashvili. Hava is a senior transformation and execution leader with deep experience helping complex, regulated organizations turn strategy into results. Her work sits at the intersection of operating model design, AI enabled transformation, […]
Ken Timsit shares a comprehensive article for companies on how to build AI-native processes. The year started at full speed on the AI front, with Apple announcing a strategic partnership with Google, and Anthropic releasing Claude Cowork. We are at an inflection point in AI maturity and adoption, which means that, if you are starting […]
Warren Walker shares evergreen advice on presentation creation. I was looking back at a few of the decks I created while I was a strategy consultant and was amazed at what I found. I realized that more often than not, we buried our clients with PowerPoint presentation pages. Routinely, we would produce presentation in excess […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Raman Garimella. Raman is an independent management consultant with experience at Boston Consulting Group, having completed projects in growth strategy, commercial transformation, and strategic due diligence across retail and telecommunications sectors. Prior to his […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Karine Samaha Young. Karine is a global business and product leader with over 20 years of international experience driving digital transformation, growth, and innovation across technology-enabled consumer and B2B2C sectors. She has led global […]
Stefanie Teichmann explains why “effective AI measurement begins with a philosophy” to ensure strategies are effective. Most AI programmes begin with ambition. They move quickly into pilots, experimentation, and early deployment. Activity increases. Dashboards multiply. The organisation feels progress. Then a more difficult question appears at the leadership table: Is this actually improving the business […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Kyra S Blessing with Beyond Trails. Kyra is a facilitator, coach, and learning architect who blends behavioral science and experiential learning to help leaders and teams elevate their performance. Kyra brings over 25 years […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Ian Banks with IJB Editorial. Ian spent eight years in the sustainability and resource productivity practice at McKinsey as a researcher and has been running his own consulting firm focused on shaping analytical content […]
Brynn Elcock Smart dives into revenue diversification for nonprofits and shares three smart steps that help mitigate risk, and create room for growth. Nonprofit leaders today are navigating a financial landscape unlike any we’ve seen before. The Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2025 Survey found that 86% of nonprofit respondents are affected by inflation and rising operating […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Amaury Anciaux with River Solutions. Amaury is a senior Data & AI leader with 20 years of experience building analytics and AI products at McKinsey & Company and as an independent consultant. He helps […]