Emmanuel Smadja is a global fintech and consumer-finance executive with 20 years of experience in building and scaling tech-enabled businesses. As the Founder-CEO of MPOWER Financing, he led the international student loan company to over $50M in annual revenue and $1B in loans originated. As a former McKinsey consultant and then engagement manager, he led […]
Nephi Johnson was recently interviewed on Random Acts of AI where he discusses what AI integration actually looks like day to day, why scattered pilots are worse than doing nothing, and how ISO 42001 turns AI governance from a buzzword into something you can certify and measure. Key points include: Where AI actually changes […]
Ghalib Hafiz shares a video and a whole lot of entertainment when he was interviewed by Mohammad Al-Moumen at Wazza Studios along with Hans Kedzierski, CEO of Novacare Hospitals. Watch the video: https://lnkd.in/p/gggjgR27
Marc-Antoine Tschopp shares a link to a podcast where he explains how to make clear and conscious decisions. Faced with the urgency and pressure of results, how do you know if your next decision is really the right one? In times of uncertainty or turbulence, our first instinct is often to switch to “survival” mode: […]
Andrew Schmahl is a former Managing Director & Partner at BCG and Partner at Strategy& with over 20 years of experience advising CEOs, boards, and private equity sponsors. He has led numerous commercial diligence and value-creation engagements and is currently an independent investor and owner/operator of a manufacturing and rental/services business.
Caio Rodrigues explains how modeling throughout his career highlights the importance of hiring junior analysts. Over the years, I’ve done dozens of operations modeling, business modeling, financial modeling… But it has been a long time since I assembled a model from end to end. ⚙️ The process was always the same: analysts gathering the data […]
Nephi Johnson is the founder and managing partner of Emerald Key Partners, an advisory firm serving mid-market enterprises and private equity sponsors on strategy, due diligence, operations, and AI. He spent seven years at McKinsey & Company, the last three as Associate Partner, leading programs that generated roughly $1B in recurring client impact across energy, […]
Ghalib Hafiz is an experienced healthcare investment manager and co-founder of multiple healthcare ventures in the Middle East and Pakistan. He has a strong background in strategy and implementation, having led numerous projects across the region with a focus on healthcare systems and services. Ghalib holds an MBA from Stanford University and has extensive experience […]
Patrick Noonan and co-author Lynne G. Segall have published a book on the structured problem solving mindset and toolkit. Are you solving problems—or smashing watermelons? In a world where vague marching orders like “Figure it out!” are the norm, too many teams rush into action without truly understanding the problem. The result? They smash the […]
Aditya Kumar shares information on the pros and cons on liquid cooling for data centers. I just finished an M&A advisory project in #DataCentre #Cooling. Remember Air-Cooled Data Centres? They seem like pre-history but not too long ago all my data centre controls work was related to air cooling and facility controls. Liquid cooling seems […]
Patrick S. Noonan, PhD, is an accomplished academic and consultant with extensive experience in decision sciences and management education. He has held faculty and dean positions at Harvard, Yale, Duke, and Emory, was a consultant at McKinsey, and co-founded the strategy/technology boutique firm, Planning Technologies Group. He is the co-author of a comprehensive guide to […]
Marc-Antoine Tschopp is a seasoned executive coach and former McKinsey consultant with over 35 years of experience advising CEOs and boards. He combines strategic rigor with psychological insights to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.