Insights

Notes from the practice.

Practical perspectives on designing, accessing, and managing high performing global teams — written by the people running our engagements.

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Perspective

Why talent strategy belongs upstream of the org chart.

The most common mistake we see isn't a bad hire — it's hiring against an operating model that hasn't been designed yet. Strategy first, then capability, then people.

More writing coming soon.

Sourcing

Designing global capability around future-state outcomes, not current headcount.

Placement

What 'precision matching' actually means inside a working delivery team.

Management

Outcome-based KPIs: making talent accountable to business value.

Operating Model

Architecting global teams that survive contact with the operating reality.

Partnership

How strategic alliances extend the reach of a boutique talent practice.

Field Notes

From The Woodlands: how we're building United Planet, one engagement at a time.

Talent Strategy

The capability gap most leaders mis-diagnose as a hiring problem.

Global Teams

Time zones as a design constraint, not an afterthought.

Leadership

Why the best operating models are written by the people running them.

Perspective

Boutique by design: why scale is a strategy, not a goal.

Delivery

The first ninety days: how engagements either compound or stall.

Essay

Against the talent funnel: a case for engineered placement.

Workforce

Contingent, embedded, or fractional — choosing the right shape of capability.

Culture

What integration looks like when global teams actually work.

Field Notes

Notes from a year of building a talent practice from scratch.

We're publishing our first essays now. Check back soon.