I’ve worked on lots of projects on disintermediation recently. It seems like a simple concept: the removal of the intermediary, often a retailer, broker or reseller. This leads to providers…

Often the most appealing acquisitions involve competitors. Due to sector familiarity, synergies with the product or service and a potentially overlapping customer base, these are often high on the shopping…

The day-to-day of keeping a business running can cause us to ignore or miss bigger trends that are shifting the market landscape. As strategy consultants, we are often asked to identify how businesses…

Drones hit the headlines recently as news coverage of Amazon’s idea for drone delivery lead to talk of skies filled with unmanned aerial vehicles. Far from being mere toys, predictions of rapid growth…