Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Connie Lu with Stratera Solutions. Connie is a seasoned pharmaceutical and biotech leader, now launching her independent consulting practice after 18+ years in the industry, including four years at McKinsey & Company and 14 […]
Peter Froede shares a McKinsey article on the transition to zero-emissions truck sales. The United States has committed to 100 percent zero-emission truck sales by 2040, but what needs to happen on the ground? Around seven million medium- and heavy-duty freight trucks circulate the United States today—and almost all are powered by traditional internal combustion […]
Some lessons learned stand the test of time, as demonstrated in this post from Diane Johnson Flynn who shares evergreen coaching advice, the key to asking power questions and explains why this approach works. Simon Sinek’s TED Talk Start With Why has long been one of my favorites. So, I was surprised when, at my […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Ken Timsit with Agentini. Ken worked for 15 years at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in France, the USA and Singapore, where he was a Partner and Managing Director focusing on strategy and digital […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Paolo Bartolini. Paolo is an Operations leader and strategist for industrial plants and machinery businesses with strong focus on Aftersales/Service operations where he spent 15 years as Risk Management Leader, Services Commercial Director and […]
Bruno Ferreira shares six key components that lead to a successful post-merger integration. Creating Value in Post-Merger Integrations: A Guide for Success Post-merger integrations (PMIs) are notoriously challenging projects. The excitement of the deal often fades quickly as the complexities of combining two distinct entities comes to live. However, a well-executed PMI is what delivers […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Dmitry Grechkin. Dmitry spent 3 years in McKinsey&Co from associate to engagement manager, then he worked in industries like oil and gas (BP) and pulp and paper (International paper) where he served at top […]
Shirae Leslie Udofa shares a short post and link to a paper on the “ability of the alginate microbeads to retain stem cells at the injection site”. 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆? Imagine a future where, after an injury, your doctor injects millions of microscopic bubbles—each one carrying living stem cells—directly to […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Kamil Dmitrowski. A summary of Kamil’s experience follows. Independent consultant with 15 years of experience, including 8 years at McKinsey & Company as an expert in product cost optimization via design-to-costs and fact-based supplier […]
Akshi Federici shares an invitation to the Notabene Summit. Notabene is hosting the 2nd annual Notabene Summit, this September 29th in New York City. The theme this year: Building the trust layer for global stablecoin payments. Join stablecoin operators, payment innovators, and compliance experts for a day of focused conversation and networking related to the […]
Dmitry Grechkin asks a pertinent question in this thought-proving post. Are investors and savers doomed? Imagine this: if Alexander the Great had invested just 1 kg of gold at a 2.5% annually, today he’d own 3x the mass of planet Earth in gold!! Clearly, that’s impossible—so what can we conclude? Does this suggest that savings […]
Amit Duvedi shares four key findings to consider in vendor risk management. Undertaking any kind of business transformation involves change and change always introduces risk. Careers, cash and your company’s competitiveness are at stake. The key to a successful transformation is proactive risk management. Here are my thoughts on this topic based on similar patterns […]