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Niall Anderson · 28 September 2026 · 5 min read
Traditional strategy consultancies love to sell a beautiful, static blueprint, hand it over, and call it 100% of the value. But real, sustainable impact cannot be imposed from the outside - it has to be co-created. In…
Gary Gamp · 24 September 2026 · 4 min read
For the fifth lesson in our 10 Lessons for 10 Years series, Sophie Pentony sat down with our CXO, Gary Gamp, to discuss why managing expectations isn't a corporate cliché - it's the foundation of accountability. Because…
Niall Anderson · 23 September 2026 · 6 min read
If Lesson two, was about understanding your client, Lesson four is about making sure they remember you. In crowded markets, it's easy to become just another provider saying the same things, using the same language and o…
Gareth Greppellini · 15 September 2026 · 3 min read
An acquisition or transformation programme can reshape a business overnight. AI and automation redefine capability needs. Cost bases shift, customer expectations evolve, and executive leadership adjusts the strategy. No…
Adam Young · 8 September 2026 · 6 min read
When we're brought into an organisation, there's usually already a view about what's wrong. There are too many layers, a team doesn't have enough capacity, a process isn't working as it should, or perhaps the structure…
Chris Carlisle · 7 September 2026 · 4 min read
Most leadership teams can easily tell you what they spend on people, technology, and suppliers. What is much harder to calculate is how much of that investment is lost in the gap between strategic ambition and daily exe…
Daniel Dunlop · 7 September 2026 · 2 min read
We worked with an organisation that needed to find £500k of EBITDA from its back-office operation. On paper, the numbers immediately pointed towards headcount. There were 45 people working across nine sub-functions, wit…
Gary Gamp · 3 September 2026 · 8 min read
Your workforce is ageing out faster than the next generation is coming in. The maths is already fixed, the shortfall is already booked, and the young talent arriving is arriving underprepared. Early careers has quietly…
danieldunlop · 1 September 2026 · 5 min read
Think about how much has changed in businesses over the last five years. New markets have opened up, acquisitions have been made, products and services have evolved, technology has moved forward, and customer expectatio…
Chris Carlisle · 1 September 2026 · 5 min read
Every struggling organisation has one thing in common: sooner or later, the senior leadership team becomes involved in everything. Every escalation lands on their desk. Every difficult customer ends up in their diary. E…
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