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Camille Estime Portland, OR MBA, Stanford BCG Intel Corp Twenty FirstCenturyBrand Estime Consulting & Design
Thought Leadership

Camille Estimé shares a short post and one-pagers on how to build a strong customer differentiation experience. If there were ever a time when product quality & differentiation were enough to guarantee success, that time is long gone. → Here are 9 tactics for differentiating Customer Experience: Preemptive problem-solving Multi-sensory immersion Hidden details Uncommon generosity […]

Thomas Duester San Francisco, CA MBA, Kellogg Bain & Co Nike Hugo Boss Mitosis Consulting Intl
Thought Leadership

Thomas Duester explains the problems with go-to-market (GTM) fragmentation and what you can do about it. CROs and CMOs are increasingly hired to drive growth, only to be blamed when revenue acceleration is too slow or targets fall short. What’s often overlooked is this: they’re inheriting a go-to-market system plagued by deep GTM fragmentation. There’s […]

Arno de Jager Amsterdam, Netherlands MSc, University of Amsterdam Boston Consulting Group STX Group FMO
New Member Announcement

Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Arno de Jager. Arno has worked for 7 yrs at BCG, based in Amsterdam but with clients across Europe, Africa, Middle East, India and Australia. At BCG Arno was a core member of the […]

Henri Dethier Zurich, Switzerland MSc, Solvay Brussels School Bain&Co Boston Consulting Group a-connect Möhrliberg Capital
Thought Leadership

Henri Dethier shares a comprehensive article he co-wrote on how to navigate the digital asset ecosystem. Despite generating considerable enthusiasm, blockchain and cryptocurrencies—more than other emerging technologies—have presented headscratching dilemmas. Will there be a dominant platform or protocol? How can you benefit from network effects? Will new standards promote levels of interoperability? Addressing those questions […]

Georg van Husen Berlin, Germany MD, RWTH Aachen U McKinsey & Co Boehringer Ingelheim tenacio
New Member Announcement

Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Georg van Husen with Dr. Georg van Husen Consulting. Dr. Georg is a seasoned healthcare advisor with over 20 years of experience across pharma, biotech, and digital health. He began his career as a […]

Abhishek Agrawal New Delhi, India MBA, Indian Institute of Management McKinsey & Co
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Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Abhishek Agrawal with One A Advisors. A summary of Abhishek’s experience follows. “In 2019, Abhishek Agrawal launched his consulting practice, One A Advisors, to serve clients world over on topics of strategy, operations, and […]

Doug Knight Salt Lake City, UT MBA, Case Western Reserve U BCG IBM Catapult Change Management
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Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Doug Knight with Catapult Change Management. Doug is a Strategy & Transformation Executive with over 20 years of experience leading enterprise-wide transformations and driving strategic execution across sectors including technology, consulting, and aviation. He […]

Richard Carriere Los Angeles MBA, Tuck School of Business McKinsey & Co Ernst & Young
Thought Leadership

Richard Carriere shares a short post and a call to share your experience of digital transformation. 🤝 Building Your Organization’s Transformation Muscle In the digital age, success hinges on more than just momentary changes; it’s about cultivating enduring capabilities or superpowers, such as: Swift adaptation to market dynamics Data-driven decision-making Customer-centric innovation Cross-functional collaboration Continuous […]

Daljeet Saran New York, NY MBA, Cornell Boston Consulting Group Deloitte Moody's Corporation
New Member Announcement

Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Daljeet Saran. A summary of Daljeet’s experience follows. “My name is Daljeet and I bring two decades of experience in senior consulting roles at BCG, Deloitte Consulting and CapGemini. Most recently as an operating […]

Behrad Javed Los Angeles, CA MBA, Wharton McKinsey & Co Imagine Impact Independent Consultant
New Member Announcement

Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Behrad Javed. Behrad is a battle-tested C-level strategic operator with a consistent track record over 15 years of delivering measurable results. After getting his MBA at Wharton, he spent 4 years at McKinsey where […]

Stephen Butler Calgary, Canada PhD, Cambridge Boston Consulting Group TMX Group BDC Framework Advisory
Thought Leadership

Stephen Butler shares a link to his TEDx talk that debunks finding “your why” and offers practical steps on the path to finding purpose. Each of us has only one WHY… fully formed by our late teens… and it never changes.” – Simon Sinek et al., Find Your Why (2017) Find our life’s purpose would […]

Harriet Marsden Singapore MBA, University of Warwick Deloitte SI Partners
Thought Leadership

Hattie Marsden shares a company post that explains the growth of mergers and acquisitions in the gaming industry and identifies the drivers. The gaming industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections indicating it could be worth over $320 billion by 2026 (PWC). The industry has become a powerhouse for digital advertising, with brands eager to […]