By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. Every four years we watch the world’s best players compete. Every four years we’re reminded that talent, by itself, isn’t enough. The same lesson applies to your career. You can have the best résumé, the highest IQ, the deepest technical expertise, or the most impressive title. None of Read More
By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. Careers rarely unfold according to plan. Most people start out believing that success comes from making the “right” choices, working hard, and steadily moving upward. In reality, careers are shaped by a mix of decisions, opportunities, setbacks, persistence, and sometimes pure luck. Every career involves choices. Some are Read More
By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. Young professionals are growing up in a world where AI can instantly generate a strategy memo, product positioning statement, or competitive argument that sounds polished and intelligent. The danger is that sounding smart and actually thinking critically are not the same thing. One of the most important professional Read More
By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. Most work doesn’t get derailed by the work itself. It gets derailed by people—and whatever else is living rent-free in your head. The colleague who turns a two-minute decision into a two-week saga. The stakeholder who discovers “one more thought” at the worst possible time. The manager who Read More
By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. For most of the past two decades, the hiring journey followed a predictable script. Candidate sees a job posting. Candidate researches the company on Glassdoor and LinkedIn. Recruiter reaches out or application comes in. Phone screen, interviews, offer. Both sides largely knew their roles. That script is being Read More
By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. I’ve had more conversations in the past year with CEO’s, CMOs, CROs, and Chief Strategy Officers quietly alarmed by the same thing: traffic is down, inbound is shifting, and no campaign optimization is going to fix it. This isn’t a bad quarter. It’s structural. The Front Door Just Read More