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A recent MIT report confirms a stark reality. U.S. businesses have invested up to $40 billion in artificial intelligence, with 95% achieving almost no measurable return. This is not a rounding error on an IT budget. It is a strategic miscalculation at the highest levels of leadership. The failure is not in the technology, but […]

August has a sound. It is the sound of quiet. Out-of-office replies multiply, phones fall silent, and the frantic urgency of the first half of the year finally drifts away. For most, it feels like a collective exhale. A time to pause, to coast. But this quiet is deceptive. It is not an absence of

It’s impossible to escape the noise around Artificial Intelligence. It’s positioned as the answer to everything from operational efficiency to market disruption. We see the familiar playbook being rolled out by the large consultancies, presenting AI as a universal solution that can be bought and plugged in, instantly transforming any business into a futuristic leader.

(But saying it doesn’t mean they know how to do it) You can always tell when a message is starting to land. Not because it’s declared boldly, but because it begins to slip quietly into the language. Not loudly, of course, just quietly buried in their latest research. A recent McKinsey study asked CFOs what

Most Businesses Would Rather Lose a Million Pound Quietly Than Spend Fifty Grand Loudly I came across a short video from Rory Sutherland recently that hit a nerve. One of those deceptively simple stories that exposes something deeper. He was driving past a Shell garage on the A40. From the road, it looked completely shut.

“So what is it you actually do?” A fair question.Especially when you don’t fit neatly into the usual boxes. Not consultancy.Not recruitment.Not interim. And yet — we’re often called in after one of those hasn’t delivered. Because when the board doesn’t want another presentation…When the new system still isn’t working and no one can say

The Transformation Illusion Management consultancies have perfected the art of selling transformation. It’s a billion-pound industry built on promises of reinvention, disruption, and bold new futures. And yet, year after year, study after study, the data tells a different story: Yet the same consultancies keep selling the same dream—and executives keep buying it. The Theory

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer some distant notion – it’s the force reshaping industries at breakneck speed. As Keshav R Murugesh aptly highlights in his article on Raconteur, “What leaders need to know about business transformation in the age of AI,” the era of merely marvelling at AI’s potential is over.

The UK’s management consulting industry boomed last year, reaching a staggering £18 billion*. Consultants are lauded for streamlining businesses, yet a nagging question lingers: are these billion-pound ideas actually translating to success for UK companies Let’s face it, many consultancies offer a polished, one-size-fits-all approach. They diagnose problems, present fancy reports, and collect hefty fees