Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Howard Tomb with Syrinx Strategies. For three decades, Howard has conceived, planned and crafted communications to change the thinking and behavior of audiences ranging from frontline workers to senior executives and shareholders and to […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, David Nathan Staley. David is a strategy and transformation consultant with over 5 years at Boston Consulting Group, where he served as a Consultant and an Expert Advisor on Agile Methodology and Growth Strategy. […]
In this evergreen article, Gail Ferreira explores the connection between sustainability and burnout and explains how agile principles may be the answer to both problems. Sustainability has been a topic that has been on my mind lately, since not enough attention has been paid to the topic. I did love the movie “Don’t Look Up” […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Krzysztof Siuda. Krzysztof is a psychologist, trainer, and tutor with over 15 years of experience at McKinsey & Company in the People and Organization Performance practice. He has worked with clients across every continent […]
Julie Tiedrich Counts takes a moment to consider how millennials experience today’s workplace and networking opportunities. The Millennial (Career) Dilemma I genuinely can’t stop thinking about it…the growing disconnect so many mid-career millennials are feeling in their job search… and their careers overall. Smart. Experienced. Adaptable. Capable. And still running into the same walls: ▫️ […]
Kanza Azeemi explains the benefits of creating a culture of psychological safety. If I told you there’s 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 you could make as a leader that would 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, wouldn’t you want to do it right away? That shift is 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲. One of the most […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Anang B Singh. Anang is a former McKinsey&Co Engagement manager with 15+ years experience as a growth, partnerships and operational transformations leader, creating value across sectors with focus on technology, healthcare, food/nutrition/CPG and eCommerce fulfilment […]
If you want to know which strategic and operating choices drive superior results read this co-written article from Luiz Zorzella, Katie Liebel, and Rohini Reddy Insights from a decade of market data reveal what winners do differently Over the past decade[1], the U.S. P&C industry has grown at an annual rate of 6.8%, driven predominantly […]
Bart Vanderhaegen explores problem base management and explains how to organize for rapid idea improvement in organisations. Acknowledgement “Problem based management” (PBM) is a management approach based on “Critical Rationalism”, the theory of knowledge developed by the philosopher Karl Popper and refined by the physicist David Deutsch. Critical Rationalism explains how knowledge can improve via […]
Marja Fox shares guidelines for facilitators to ensure more effective group decision-making. Business boils down to decisions: big ones and small ones, some made routinely and others episodically, by everyone from senior executives to the front line, about what to do and what not to do. Many of those decisions are made by individuals: trained, […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, William Jenny. William spent several years as a strategy consultant with BCG and Wavestone, where he advised top French public institutions and leading private companies on IT strategy and cybersecurity. He led projects for […]
Carly Vivian identifies three common company culture problems and explains how to approach them. Many leaders instinctively turn to bold strategic moves in uncertain times, hoping that technical expertise or a well-timed pivot will carry their organizations through. Yet, the bedrock of resilience in turbulent times is often something less tangible but far more powerful: […]