Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Julie Counts with Counts Consulting. Julie Counts is a retail and consumer expert with deep experience across the full ecosystem—from brick-and-mortar and e-commerce to DTC and Fortune 500 strategy. She spent five years in […]
Vikrant Pratap shares an invitation to try out an agentic AI scheduling assistant. From Chaos to Clarity 10 emails. One wrong date. Zero meeting. Scheduling Should NOT Be a Time Sink! A few months ago, I met the CEO of an AI consultancy. We spotted opportunities to collaborate and agreed to meet again for a […]
Amelia Waters explains why AI won’t transform your business but will accelerate your processes, including the messy ones. A client recently told me, “We bought AI licenses for everyone, but nothing’s really changed. We’re still doing everything the same way, just… with AI.” That’s like buying a race car and driving it through a school […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Vishi Singh. A summary of Vishi’s experience follows. “I’m a builder, and my superpower is stakeholder management. My tenure in tech, management consulting, & industrials has been marked by successfully partnering with teams to […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Kanza Azeemi. Kanza Azeemi is an independent advisor, facilitator, and coach with a proven track record of partnering with governments and leading companies to drive organizational development, culture transformation, and leadership growth. She specializes […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Erin Lytollis with Erin Lytollis Consulting. Erin is a seasoned operations and strategy executive with over 15 years of experience in strategy consulting, capital markets and operational leadership roles. As Principal of her consulting […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Kristina Thim Plumbly. A summary of Kristina’s experience follows. “Hi! I have expertise and a passion for Organization, People Strategy, and Leadership work, supported by a broad business background in Strategy Consulting, Business. Development, […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Alessandra Scalisi. A summary of Alessandra’s experience follows. “Former McKinsey Engagement Manager. Growth strategy and transformation leader with 9 years of experience in healthcare and travel helping diverse institutions (Private equity, Pharmaceutical/MedTech companies, Airlines) […]
Matthew Morgan shares stellar tips for all adventurers who want to live and work abroad. “We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” — Marcel Proust Perspectives and lessons based on lived experiences and trial & error across countries for […]
Thokozile Lewanika shares a short, inspirational post on moving forward. HISTORY CAN POINT THE WAY, BUT ONLY WE CAN TAKE THE STEPS. I recently visited the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra and left with mixed emotions — inspired by his bold Pan-African vision, yet questioning how far we’ve really come in almost 70 years. […]
Ramya Mahalingam explains how to make a request effective and why this is important to learn in life and business. We are constantly making requests of each other. Requests are an inherent part of being in relationship with other humans. But how often are we making effective requests? I’m particularly guilty of one that sounds […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Tejas Shah. Tejas is an experienced problem solver, strategist, engineer, and operator with over 10 years of overall experience. As a former management consultant at McKinsey & Company, he advised Fortune 50 companies to […]