Kamil Dmitrowski highlights the value a cost engineer brings to the negotiation table. A cost engineer at the negotiation table shifts the conversation — from price to cost, and from opinion to fact. Was the target set based on gut feeling? A benchmark from last year? Or just what the team thought seemed reasonable? That’s […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Amit Duvedi with Growth Accelerators. Amit is a Principal at Growth Accelerators and has over 25 years of experience in helping companies across industries discover and realize differentiated business value and competitive advantage by […]
Hugh Bachmann shares an article on the benefit of incorporating financial incentives into a transformation. Generous and specific financial incentives can help drive and sustain a rapid performance improvement. Seven principles can assist in delivering the maximum benefit during a transformation. In our experience supporting hundreds of transformation efforts, generous and specific financial incentives are […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Debjit Banerjee with VCS Partners. A summary of Debjit’s experience follows. “Senior Executive Advisor with 29+ years of experience across industry and top-tier consulting, combining deep expertise in both corporate transformation and private equity […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Sarah Papoff. Sarah spent over a decade at Bain & Company, ending her time as an Associate Partner focused in retail, software and PE Due Diligence. Expertise areas range from GTM strategy, new market […]
Luiz Zorzella identifies the key differences between high-performing banks and the less successful ones. I have just finished exploring what sets high-performing small and medium-sized banks apart from their less successful peers. We found that winners—those flaunting double-digit returns and growth—strategically manage costs, focus on specific geographies, and commit to their strategies much more effectively […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Nicolas Mildenstein. Nicolas is a strategy specialist with over 15 years of experience driving business transformations within the healthcare and life sciences industries. His career includes key roles at McKinsey & Company, Bayer, and […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Anas Dabbakh. Anas Dabbakh spent the last 11 years as a Senior Consultant and Engagement Manager at a Toronto based management consulting boutique firm Trindent Consulting, where he led and developed the Oil & […]
David Hane provides tips on using secondary market research in value creation. I have always found Led Zeppelin’s rock and roll music to be captivating. From the first time I heard the band, I experienced an intangible something in the electric guitar, driving percussion, scorching vocals, and blues roots that I simply couldn’t resist. To […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Beth Stromstedt Reale. Beth has over 25 years of experience working for top-tier professional services firms within internal strategic talent advisory functions and externally facing human capital and strategy & operations consulting practices for […]
Nora Ghaoui shares the results of using AI to write a strategy in 2020 compared to using AI in 2025 and how it compares to reality. Five years ago I asked: “Can AI write a strategy?” The AI in question was GPT-3, which had written a strategy document for a healthcare scale-up called Sword Health. […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Nikolaas Rossillion with SourceBright. Nikolaas Rossillion is an experienced Procurement practitioner and expert. He was formerly an Associate Partner with McKinsey’ Brussels office, with a focus on large-scale Procurement transformations. After McKinsey he served […]