Top 10 Corporate Strategy Advisory Firms 2026

How ten firms earned board attention in 2026

Customer Journey vs Process Map

Conflating internal mechanics with external experiences prevents organizations from identifying and fixing true friction

Consultant vs In‑House Strategist

Balancing Institutional Knowledge with Objective External Validation

Reading The Economist Matters

The Economist delivers slow-news, trend-focused analysis that remains useful long after publication.

US Gun Violence Problem

America's gun violence outranks peer nations and defies simple solutions.

Strategy: Direction, Decisions, Work

Strategy is not one thing but a flywheel of accumulating activities.

Terrible Time to Be Average

Generative AI makes average obsolete, so sharpen your unique advantages.

The Best Part Is No Part

Musk's five-step engineering philosophy applies lean deletion before optimization.

Run the Factory Full

Fixed costs shape pricing, exit decisions and competitive dynamics across every industry.

Solve Problems Like Puzzles

Jigsaw puzzles offer a surprisingly apt metaphor for consulting problem solving.

Questions About Strategy

Strategy is self-reinforcing activities, tradeoffs and an economic moat protecting profits.

Improving US Healthcare

Healthcare is one-fifth of the US economy, fragmented, complex and ripe for reform.