One of the most overused word in consulting is probably the word “strategy”. During my time at Capgemini, together with former AT Kearney consultants, we used to make fun of the “Techies” when they qualified decisions to buy computers as “Strategic Decisions”. Later, working together with former McKinsey and LEK consultants, they made fun of...
Category: Thought Leadership
Gold refining. How to avoid scammers, fraudsters, smugglers and bandits
On Friday the 21st, I visited the only gold refinery in Europe located in a free trade zone. VC-A has got a buy-side agreement with them to channel sellers of raw gold. If you have some sort of expose to the gold-trading market, you already know that 99% of leads fail to materialise. 98% are...
Banks’ digitalisation will affect us
If you are not working at a bank, you may wonder why you should bother about banks digitalisation. The reality is that, like it or not, when banks cough, individuals, companies and even sovereign states, catch a cold. Our Greek friends know what I am talking about. I will focus here on three areas of...