Alina Vrsaljko shares a short post and link to the annual McKinsey report, Women in the Workplace. Today, McKinsey & Company and Lean In released the 11th annual Women in the Workplace report. And I’ll be honest: I am frustrated. I joined the workforce 11 years ago — the same year this report began — […]
Nicolas Rencoret explains the common problems that arise when AI is adopted without a strategy. Businesses based on third-party#IA (e.g. OpenAI) are not sustainable without a business strategy behind them. The risk of failure is great. Do you want to know more? Visit: https://lnkd.in/dC_Ak3Eb or read on👇 Today I see many products, pilots and “new […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, David Chambers with Nimble Improvement Limited. David spent 4 years as an Operations Specialist in McKinsey’s London office focusing on lean transformation activities across numerous manufacturing and service sectors. After leaving McKinsey, he held […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Trent Anderson with Anderson Strategic Partners. A summary of Trent’s experience follows. “Strategy, M&A, and go‑to‑market leader (ex‑BCG, KPMG) with experience as Head of Marketing & Strategy and Director of Corporate Development & Strategy. […]
Matthieu Picard shares an acronym designed to simply identify pain points at work, and how to use it to overcome them. If you’ve ever struggled to understand why some seasons of work feel so energizing while others are a slog, same. This framework really helped me understand the drivers (and what I value in a […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Humbulani Dombo with Andza Consulting. Humbulani brings over 15 years of strategic leadership and operational experience across a diverse set of sectors, including tech, financial services, management consulting, and mining. She has lived and […]
In the current evolution of AI and human integration, Wissam Kahi asks whether wisdom, intuition, and creativity still reside solely in the human domain. He also shares insights from The MANIAC, by Benjamin Labatut. For most of our recent history, humans have assumed that intelligence and reason were our defining advantage. They were not just […]
Dev Devnani shares a podcast where he was interviewed on the difficulty of achieving brand awareness and reach in a new age of AI shopping and offers solutions on how to overcome the challenges. I’m a founder in the agentic commerce space. Some thoughts on OpenAI’s latest announcement on shopping via ChatGPT. OpenAI just made […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Maximilian Zickler. Maximilian is a senior financial services professional with 10+ years of experience spanning strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group, Swiss private banking at Julius Bär, and fintech entrepreneurship. Previously Chief of Staff […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Dev Devnani with Varia Intelligence. Dev spent three years at McKinsey & Company serving Fortune 500 healthcare, biotech, and consumer clients across GTM strategy, market entry, and operational transformation. His work there includes leading […]
Kimberley Swords shares an invitation to a masterclass designed to build AI-ready communications skills on 25 February 2026. I am excited to share details of our upcoming Building Business Excellence Masterclass Series titled, Persuasive Communication in an AI-led World. Designed for business leaders and executives, our upcoming in-person masterclass focuses on strengthening high-stakes briefings for […]
Shirae K. Leslie highlights how using AI could have unlocked key information in the materials engineering portion of her PhD. 🔒 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁, 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗰𝗮𝗿, 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲? You know that sinking feeling—the frustration of knowing what you need is *right there*, but you just can’t access it. That’s exactly […]