Today's Management Consulting Pulse
Mitsubishi Chemical and Accenture Launch AI‑Focused Joint Venture
Mitsubishi Chemical has partnered with Accenture to create a joint venture aimed at driving AI‑enabled business reinvention and operational transformation for clients. The collaboration combines Mitsubishi’s industry expertise with Accenture’s digital capabilities to accelerate AI adoption across enterprises.
Watch the Lean Hospitals Coach in Action — Live, Unscripted, With Your Questions
The author will host a LinkedIn Live demo on March 10 to showcase the Lean Hospitals Coach, an AI‑powered tool built around the *Lean Hospitals* book. The coach offers two query modes—Book Search with citations and Book Plus with broader Lean insights—and two response styles, Facts and Socratic Coach. Built‑in guardrails prevent unethical advice, protect PHI, and correct common Lean biases, while tailoring depth to the user’s role. The session will run live questions through both modes to illustrate the tool’s capabilities and safety features.
Outdated IT Policies Still Block AI, Others Deploy Freely
It is amazing how many companies I talk to STILL have AI effectively blocked by IT & legal departments for out-of-date reasons when many companies in highly regulated industries have figured out ways to deploy enterprise ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini...
From AI Experimentation to Enterprise Impact at GTC
Heading to @nvidia #GTC. I’m looking beyond the headlines to what actually matters for enterprises: • AI infrastructure for production workloads • Model efficiency + cost economics • Agentic systems in real workflows • Governance, security, and risk • Customer deployments at scale AI is shifting...
How to Lead When You Can’t See the Way
Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill hosted an Executive Masterclass on March 4, 2026, addressing how senior leaders can navigate persistent uncertainty. The session framed today’s “fog” of geopolitics, rapid technology change, and evolving stakeholder expectations as a structural condition rather...
Why Pay-for-Performance Programs Don’t Always Work
A new McLean & Co. study finds that while 69% of HR leaders view total compensation as critical, only a quarter feel truly effective at designing pay‑for‑performance programs. Employees who are satisfied with their overall pay are 1.8 times more...
Monetizing Thought Leadership, in LA, One Time Only
Alan Weiss, a veteran consultant and author, is hosting a one‑time live event in Los Angeles titled “Monetizing Thought Leadership: The Right Attitude for the Right Altitude.” The workshop, scheduled for March 4, 2026, promises strategies for turning expertise into revenue streams, emphasizing...
When AI Challenges Strategy
Artificial intelligence is reshaping corporate strategy, turning static roadmaps into dynamic, real‑time plans. Executives face heightened volatility as AI accelerates decision cycles and market signals shift faster than traditional forecasts. In a candid HBR interview, chief strategy officers from Penske...
Miners Urged to Improve Balance Between Being a ‘Great’ Company and an Attractive ...
Boston Consulting Group’s new report argues miners must balance being a strong operator with delivering attractive shareholder returns. Over the past decade, mining firms have doubled free‑cash‑flow to $80‑90 billion, cut net‑debt to 9 % and shifted capital from capex to dividends....
Wiss Expands NetSuite Automation Capabilities
Wiss announced its new status as a Certified Netgain Implementation Partner, giving it the authority to deploy Netgain’s native NetSuite add‑ons directly within client ERP environments. The partnership enables Wiss to embed automation across critical accounting workflows such as fixed‑asset...
Nicolas Shamtanis and Stathis Xenos Launch Broker/Prop Firm Advisory Service Conexus IQ
Nicolas Shamtanis and Stathis Xenos have launched Conexus IQ, a boutique advisory firm aimed at CFD brokers, prop firms, and broader fintech platforms. The duo leverages nearly two decades of experience in FX, CFDs, and social‑trading to help clients navigate a...
Honest Feedback Prevents Costly Pivots and Builds Credibility
Had a tough conversation this week where I had to deliver some hard truths about a product launch. The metrics looked okay on the surface. But when we dug deeper, the conversion story wasn't adding up. It would have been easy to...
CIOs Must Evolve: AI Drives Strategic Leadership
AI is rewriting the rulebook for leadership. 🤖📈 @Gartner_inc reveals how CIOs must evolve as AI transforms the workplace. It’s time to move beyond the hype and use AI for real strategic planning and continuous improvement. Read more here: https://t.co/XDAHd3CquP #GartnerIT #CIO #AI...
How CIOs Can Build an Evolving Crisis Strategy
CIOs must treat crisis strategies as living documents, revisiting them at least quarterly as new services, integrations, and threat vectors emerge. Experts from Pynest, Tufin, and Euristiq stress defining clear decision‑making roles, integrating automation, and simplifying language to ensure rapid...
Know Your KPI Levers, Not Just Acquisition Numbers
If you can’t explain how to deliberately move a KPI, you don’t understand your growth. High acquisition doesn’t mean high value. The real question: Are you attracting customers you actually want? Curiosity about your data > more dashboards. #KPI #CLV #BusinessStrategy #MarketingStrategy #Leadership
Smart AI Metrics Need Guardrails to Prevent Gaming
Smart metrics don’t just measure performance, they shape behavior. If we’re deploying #AI across the enterprise, we need guardrails against metric gaming from day one. Governance isn’t a brake on innovation, it’s what makes transformation durable. Especially as agentic systems enter ops. https://t.co/r792RxQbTa...
How to Fix Knowledge and Process Communications Gaps
At APQC CONNECT 2026, leaders from health care, cloud services, education, finance and manufacturing exposed persistent gaps between people, processes and knowledge. They cited unclear ownership, siloed tools and treating knowledge management as an after‑thought as primary culprits. Across the...
CIOs Must Prepare for Uncertain, High‑Impact HNDL Threat
A strategic roadmap for the post-quantum CIO | @CIOonline https://t.co/UgFtyYdqYb My take: Harvest now, decode later (HNDL) is one of the hardest threats for CIOs to prepare for. Because it’s entirely unclear how big an issue really is. But probably...
Humility in Leadership: Unaffordable Luxury?
#TimTalk - It being tender and humble in leadership a luxury that we cannot afford? with Urs Koenig https://t.co/TBYkZ1cTns via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management #Inspiration https://t.co/gEy5sf0WFi
Why Storytelling Matters When Changing Company Culture
Harvard Business Review’s IdeaCast with professor Jay Barney reveals that successful culture change hinges on leaders creating authentic, action‑driven stories rather than issuing top‑down mandates. By deliberately breaking old norms—such as a CEO using the same helpline as front‑line staff—leaders generate...
Dedicated AI Labs Drive Real Value in Large Enterprises
Kli is doing awesome work at Colgate-Palmolive & his results provide a really good example of the benefits of having a dedicated "AI Lab" inside of large companies run by a company veteran who actually gets what these sorts of...
Telcos Must Fuse AI, 6G, Quantum to Win
Just finished my segment on @theCUBE from #MWC26, 5th year in a row. @furrier and I had a great discussion on what it takes for telcos to win this time, where AI, #6G and #QuantumComputing are going to converge in...
Are You Using ‘Authenticity’ as an Excuse Not to Grow? Here Are some Signs that You Are
Authenticity is praised as a leadership cornerstone, yet senior executives often weaponize it to sidestep growth. The article shows how leaders like Meg label development requests as inauthentic, using extreme descriptors to reject feedback. By reframing authenticity, leaders can adopt...
AI Deployment Becomes Core Operational Strategy, Not Just Tech
Transitioning AI from Code to Infrastructure Strategy - successful deployment of AI within Rail, Transport, Utilities & Asset Management is no longer a technical challenge to be solved in a vacuum. It's s a fundamental shift in operational strategy. https://t.co/LgBJKWUDA4
AI‑Powered Monetization Boosts Telco Revenue at MWC
From @GoogleCloud booth at #MWC26: An interesting use case of AI driven monetization for Telcos (aka CSPs). @dvellante @rseroter @furrier @stephr_wong @dee_bosa https://t.co/mCJUbRzTiM
Strategic Risk & Resilience Management
Enterprises can no longer rely on a stable operating environment; geopolitical shifts, regulatory expansion, rapid technology change, cyber threats, and climate events now create simultaneous, systemic disruptions. Michael Rasmussen argues that many firms still treat strategic decisions as if risk...
Security Duties Persist; Breach Itself Is Violation
A UK court just ruled: security duties don't disappear even if hackers can't read what they stole. The breach itself is the violation. Meanwhile, GDPR surged 220% in a single day. Privacy isn't a checkbox anymore. It's becoming infrastructure. https://t.co/uNnssaoO6P
5 Ways Leaders Lose the Room without Realizing It
Leaders often mistake a polished slide deck for effective communication, leaving the room disengaged and ideas unabsorbed. The article highlights how the illusion of alignment can cause meetings to feel empty, even when time and resources are invested. It outlines...
Leadership Overreaction: The Hidden Cause of Organizational Failure
The article argues that leaders’ overreactions to normal variation, waste, and mistakes generate fear that silences improvement efforts. Across his four books, the author shows that tools like Lean or Kaizen succeed only when leadership responds calmly and proportionately. Overreactive...
One Tape Dispenser at a Time: Lean Lessons From GE Aerospace’s CEO Letter
GE Aerospace’s 2025 shareholder letter spotlights a simple tape‑dispenser fix that illustrates the company’s deep‑rooted lean culture. The CEO describes how frontline empowerment, respect for people, and the SQDC framework drive continuous improvement across the factory and supply chain. Small...
Why Chasing Your Consulting Clients’ Top Priority Backfires
Consulting firms often chase a prospect’s headline priority, assuming it will secure a deal. The article argues this strategy backfires because senior leaders are rarely the direct buyers and their top issues are already being addressed. Instead, firms should target...
Balancing Fast Innovation with Long‑Term Infrastructure Resilience
The Velocity of Innovation vs. The Stability of Infrastructure - how do you build a resilient operational strategy when the tools you are using today may be obsolete before the concrete on your new substation has even cured? Click NOW...
Capgemini Joins OpenAI's Frontier Alliance to Scale Enterprise AI
Capgemini has joined OpenAI’s newly launched Frontier Alliance as a founding partner, creating a dedicated delivery function to scale AI agents for enterprises. The firm will deploy OpenAI‑certified professionals to tackle data readiness, integration, operating‑model design and governance challenges. Capgemini...
Autonomy Shifts From Tech Goal to Economic Strategy
For years, telecom has talked about automation as a technical ambition. Closed loops. AI-driven optimization. Zero-touch operations. The language has been consistent, almost ritualistic. But what became clear at MWC26 was not just that automation was advancing, it was that...
CEOs Converge to Shape IT Services' Future
AV check this morning at XChange March. Getting ready to explore the future of IT services with a room full of CEOs shaping where this industry goes next. The best conversations happen before the lights go on. Real operators. Real strategy. Real transformation. Proud to be...
Partnerships Framework for Impact
Enterprises that synchronize internal skill development with strategic partnerships can accelerate digital revenue growth, cut costs, and shorten time‑to‑market. The proposed framework organizes outcomes, capability architecture, partner categories, and an operating model that blends cross‑functional squads with Centers of Enablement....
Accenture Down to Buy Downdetector as Part of $1.2 Billion Deal
Accenture announced a $1.2 billion acquisition of Ookla, the parent of Downdetector, from Ziff Davis, bringing Speedtest, Ekahau and RootMetrics into its portfolio. The deal expands Accenture’s intelligence and analytics capabilities for telecom operators, hyperscalers and enterprise networks. Ziff Davis will apply the...
Personal Accountability Cleans up Stale Website Content
I worked with a university a few years back that had a problem most organizations have. Their website was full of outdated rubbish, and nobody would fix it. We tried something that probably sounds obvious in hindsight. Every page got assigned...
Shorter Commodity Cycles Reshaping Trading, Value: McKinsey
McKinsey’s latest commodity trading report warns that volatility cycles are shortening, diminishing the relevance of traditional super‑cycle models. Trading revenues slipped to $69 billion in 2025, yet remain about twice pre‑pandemic levels, establishing a higher baseline. The firm highlights AI and...
AtkinsRéalis and T&T Join Heathrow Expansion Project
AtkinsRéalis and Turner & Townsend have been appointed by Heathrow as portfolio management office consultants for its £33bn expansion, including the government‑backed third runway. The PMO framework is set for an initial five‑year term with an option to extend another...
Our Guide to the Spring 2026 Issue
The MIT Sloan Management Review's Spring 2026 issue compiles ten research‑driven articles that map the evolving landscape of corporate innovation and transformation. Highlights include a framework for strategic innovation in mature firms, guidance on building effective venture studios, and evidence...
A Minute with Alan® — Past, Present, and Future
Alan Weiss, PhD, released the latest installment of his "A Minute with Alan®" series titled "Past, Present, and Future" on March 3, 2026. The post continues the daily micro‑column format, offering a concise reflection on business themes across time. It...
How “Deep Industry Research Agents” Can Change Your Organization
Corporate AI investments often chase new products, but immediate gains lie in service‑productivity. Deep Industry Research Agents (DIRAs) are domain‑specific, end‑to‑end AI analysts that diagnose and resolve exception cases, as demonstrated with asset manager PIMCO. Over eight months the agents...
Peer Influence Can Make or Break Your AI Rollout
Microsoft researchers surveyed 557 U.S. information workers on AI usage. They found that peer influence is the strongest driver of heavy generative AI adoption, increasing the likelihood of daily use by 8.9 percentage points, surpassing formal training and leader messaging....
AI Is Now Executing Work, Reshaping SaaS and Ops
🚨 In the last ~10 days, the AI future of work essentially arrived. We just got a new class of products: AI that directly carries out work for us, instead of just chatting. It’ll rewrite SaaS, ops, governance faster than most orgs...
$100K Operator Cost Drives Excavator Automation Push
#WhosNext? Excavator operators? At roughly $100,000 per oprator per year the incentive is there to implement #Automation. #Robotics https://t.co/PU2fE6SGyL
The New Leadership Structures that Unblock Innovation
In this episode, Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill discusses how leaders can build structures that continuously generate and scale innovation, emphasizing co‑creation, collaboration, and disciplined experimentation over visionary command. She debunks myths that innovation is driven by lone geniuses...
AI Needs Purpose: Align Automation With Business Strategy
Every company wants the best AI stack. But few are asking the real question: To what end? If you automate everything and answer anything… what does your business actually stand for? AI without strategy is just noise. #AI #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #Innovation #TechStrategy
Adoption Lags Behind Hype in AgeTech Innovation
Check out my latest article: When Adoption Doesn’t Match the Hype Cycle #agetech #innovation #leadership #longevityeconomy https://t.co/y3hDtFpW3R via @LinkedIn https://t.co/hbppj0hBbK
Radical Humility Replaces the Outdated Hero Boss Model
#TimTalk - Radical Humility: Why the "Hero Boss" is Dead (and what to do instead) with Urs Koenig https://t.co/24g0kLLxXC
Top 10 Machine Learning Trends Shaping 2025
How could you use no-code AI to boost your projects? Top 10 Machine Learning Trends to Watch in 2025 https://t.co/e65AsSHtq4 #AI #MachineLearning #IoT #WMC26 #5G