Author: MB
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THANK YOU and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
To every reader and subscriber, thank you for showing up all year long, for reading, sharing, and debating these reflections on leadership, careers, transformation, and consulting. Strategy, Character, and the Journey Ahead: Holiday Quotes for Leaders and Builders To close the year, this post brings together a curated set of quotes drawn from that journey,…
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Swinging Into the Future: A Playground Conversation About AI and Consulting
In a playground setting, seasoned consultant James observes younger colleagues Oliver and Popeye discussing the transformative impacts of AI on their consulting work. They acknowledge AI’s role in automating repetitive tasks, freeing them for strategic thinking, while emphasizing the irreplaceable value of human judgment and emotional intelligence. Together, they contemplate the uncertain future of consulting,…
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Four Questions Every Cost Transformation Leadership team Must Answer
At the 2026 Jamestown AI-Powered Cost Transformation Conference, keynote speaker Paola Neba emphasizes the critical questions that define successful cost transformation. Instead of mere budgeting, businesses must clarify expectations of success, identify key structural choices, envision a compelling future state, and select an appropriate execution model. These foundational inquiries guide organizations toward meaningful and sustainable…
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Dilemmas at the Top, Symptoms at the Bottom: Rethinking How Organizations Decide
A 15-minute live podcast script concept for “Sophia’s Take on Business”, featuring Sophia King and Peter Katina . It blends tension, thought-provoking discussion, and audience-friendly framing.
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Ripples, Not Heroes: How Jacqueline Learned to Design Organizations Beyond Individuals
Jacqueline always said the beer tasted better in retirement. Fifteen years after they had both turned in their corporate badges, she and Christianne sat at the same mahogany bar where they had celebrated promotions, mourned restructurings, and decompressed after long transformation workshops. The bartender had changed three times since then, the décor had gone from…
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Between Two Worlds (Part 4 – third conversation from the Middle)
Beyond Blame: Making Systems Learn from Failure Returning once more to the conference room in Metz, the memory of our first gatherings lingered like a familiar weight on my shoulders. We, the twelve, gathered again, not because the storms outside had stilled, but because the storms inside demanded a quieter, deeper reckoning. In the original…
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Between Two Worlds (Part 3 – Second Conversation from the Middle)
Culture Carriers: Storytelling, Clarity, and Joy in Times of Change When I think back to that winter morning in Metz, what stays with me is not only the smoke outside, but the silence inside. We were twelve middle managers, seated around a long table, carrying the weight of decisions we had not made and consequences…
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Between Two Worlds (Part 2 – First Conversation from the Middle)
The Quiet Thread Between Worlds “Between Two Worlds” explored the subtle, often invisible life of middle managers, a role poised between the ambitions of executives and the realities of frontline teams. The article painted middle management not as a mere rung on the ladder but as the living nervous system of the organization, vital and…
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Between Two Worlds: The Hidden Life of Middle Management (Part 1 – The Morning in Metz)
I have spent most of my professional life in the space between decisions and action, where strategy meets execution and ambition collides with human reality. That delicate territory is what people call middle management. It is not merely a layer on an organization chart but an ecosystem unto itself, a place of tension and resilience,…
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Authenticity, Ambition, and the Art of the Interview: Lessons from a Global Mentor
The air in Casablanca shimmered as if brushed by gold. Autumn light softened the city’s edges and set its old medina ablaze with mystery. Every alley and rooftop seemed to pulse with possibility, as if destiny were not an abstract wish but a current running through tiled courtyards and crowded squares. This was a place…
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