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Humatica announces senior promotions in London and Zurich
Humatica is pleased to announce two senior level promotions, reflecting continued growth and the strengthening of its leadership team. Paul Simpson, based in Zurich, has…
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Humatica once again recognised as a leader in private equity value creation by Actum in its 2026 awards
Humatica has once again been short-listed for Actum’s 2026 Value Creation Award in the People & Organisational Strategy category. This recognition reflects Humatica’s 23‑year commitment…
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Humatica is again finalist for prestigious Real Deals Award
Humatica is once again shortlisted for Real Deals’ prestigious Private Equity Awards 2026 in the “Value Creation Adviser of the Year” category. This recognition underscores…
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Humatica is a Great Place to Work™ – we are officially accredited once again!
London, January 2026 – Humatica, an award winning leader in organizational transformation for Private Equity, has been officially accredited as a Great Place to Work…
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Alpha Talks: Governance as the New PE Advantage | Michel Galeazzi, Partner/Co-founder at Evoco
In today’s private equity landscape, the classic levers of value creation are no longer enough. As markets evolve and competition intensifies, governance is emerging…
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Alpha Talks: Private Equity’s Most Challenging Moment? | Ueli Eckhardt, Partner at eevolve
Measuring organizational performance is difficult, especially in a way that is both systematic and genuinely useful for decision-making. In a recent Alpha Talks conversation, Ueli…
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Humatica announces promotions in London
Humatica is pleased to announce three promotions in its London office. Stephanie Hilders and Richard Breitschwerdt have been promoted to Consultant, and Juan Zapardiel has…
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The Resilience Premium: How Great CEOs Turn Adversity into Alpha
Firsthand strategies from portfolio company CEO’s who outperformed in uncertain times Portfolio company leaders are facing bigger challenges than ever before. Unprecedented macro-headwinds from increased…
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For PE it’s not “Game-over”, but it is “Game changed”
With interest rates at levels not seen in over a decade, the private equity model has entered a new phase—one where operational excellence is no…
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Humatica Delivers Continued Growth in 1H 2025 and Wins Top Industry Honors
Zurich, 10 July 2025 – Humatica posted further growth in the first half of 2025, topping record same-period growth last year. Consulting fee revenues increased…
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GloCoach & Humatica partner to deliver the most powerful AI-enabled solution to improve organizational effectiveness
Accelerating behavioral change to improve business performance GloCoach, the global leader in AI-enabled leadership development and coaching, and Humatica, the leading advisor in organizational effectiveness…
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How Private Equity can build resilience in a world gone unpredictable
Resilience isn’t a buzzword anymore—it’s the make-or-break factor for portfolio companies navigating today’s volatility. That was the takeaway from the standout panel at the PE…
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Rightsizing the right way
Rightsizing an organization is never easy. But, it is a normal process as firms adapt to changing market requirements. More recently, higher interest rates, AI…
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Trump + AI – Are you adequately hedged for efficiency?
The promise of AI and turbulence introduced by the Trump tariffs have renewed focus on rightsizing and efficiency improvement as levers for value creation and…
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Humatica Wins RealDeals Private Equity Award for Value Creation Adviser of the Year for a Second Time since 2023
Humatica, the leading specialist advisor to private equity firms on organizational effectiveness, is proud to announce that it has been named Value Creation Adviser of…
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Maximizing Value Creation in Long-Hold Private Equity Investments
The private equity (PE) playbook is evolving. Rapid buy-and-sell cycles are giving way to continuation vehicles and longer hold periods, demanding a new approach to…
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Humatica Wins Actum’s Value Creation Award for a Second Time
Humatica, the specialist advisor to private equity firms on organizational effectiveness, has been awarded Actum’s Value Creation Award in the People & Organizational Strategy category—for…
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Private Equity in 2025 – Navigating a Polarized Market
The private equity landscape continues to evolve, influenced by macroeconomic shifts and emerging trends. The ecosystem is becoming increasingly polarized, with firms gravitating towards either…
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Reorg Governance – Why It Matters More Than Ever
Why is it that most mergers, reorganizations, and downsizings fail to generate their anticipated full value? The main reason is that a lack of effective…
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Leveraging AI to Unlock Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency
As the traditional levers of value creation get price-in, getting a competitive edge in private equity lies in unlocking hidden potential within portfolio companies through…
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Experienced Private Equity executive Melissa Mounce joins Humatica to build the firm’s presence in the US
Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for organizational effectiveness, is pleased to announce that Melissa Mounce has joined the firm as an Operating Partner…
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Humatica finalist for two prestigious PE Awards
Humatica has been named a finalist for the Actum Awards as Value Creation Firm of the Year (People and Organisational Strategy) and for the Real Deals Private Equity Awards 2025 in…
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Organizational effectiveness drives value in tough times
According to the most recent federal statistics, business bankruptcy filings surged by 33% in the US between September 2023 and September 2024. Elevated debt, higher supplier costs,…
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Reorganization – Liberate or Incapacitate: The Choice is Yours
CEOs envisioning a new organizational structure often face a daunting question: how do I bring this vision to life across my organization? The stakes are…
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Humatica 2024 in Review and Outlook 2025
2024 was a milestone year for private equity, and for Humatica. The industry is under greater pressure to generate acceptable returns than ever before. With…
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Humatica Expands to the US with Russell Raath nominated as Operating Partner
We are pleased to announce Humatica’s expansion in the United States following a long history of successful project delivery there from Europe. This marks a…
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Increasing Organizational Effectiveness with Humatica’s AI-enabled toolkit
Private Equity thrives on unlocking value in portfolio companies through governance improvements and strategic interventions. Yet, as economic and market complexities increase, the challenge of…
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Mastering the new science of engineered management decision processes
Despite huge efforts to improve operational processes over the past 20 years, critically important management processes are left up to the discretion of each manager…
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Unlocking PE Value Through Organizational Effectiveness: Highlights from PE Insights DACH Conference
Humatica’s Andros Payne provided expert insights into leveraging organizational effectiveness for value creation at this year’s Private Equity Insights DACH Conference in Munich. Leaders play…
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Humatica Accredited as a Great Place to Work Certified™ Company
London, 22 October 2024 – Humatica, the award-winning specialist private equity advisor, has been officially accredited as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ consulting firm again…
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Thriving in the Storm: How Agile Organizations Outperform in Uncertain Markets
The global economy in 2024 resembles a rollercoaster more than ever before. Geopolitical tensions, technological disruptions, and shifting consumer behaviours have created a perfect storm…
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Decoding Organization and Leadership: Why the Founder vs Manager debate misses the point
In the bustling world of Silicon Valley and beyond, a new paradigm is stirring up debate: “Founder Mode” vs “Manager Mode”. Paul Graham, co-founder of…
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Cash is Still King, But Speed is the New Queen – Accelerating Value Growth in 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving private equity landscape, the pressure on sponsors and management to accelerate post-acquisition change has never been greater. With rising asset prices…
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Humatica consulting revenues surge +80% in 1H 2024
Zurich, 10 July 2024 – Humatica realized unprecedented 89% fee revenue growth in the first half of 2024. Increased professional fees came from both recurring and…
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Leadership Assessment reduces organizational risk and accelerates value creation
Executive Leadership Assessment plays a key role in private equity investments, serving as a important determinant of organizational effectiveness and the success or failure of…
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Humatica opens Paris Office and appoints Jan Löning
We are pleased to announce the continued expansion of Humatica’s footprint in Europe with the opening of an office in Paris to serve clients in…
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Working-off your organizational debt
Funds need to squeeze more free cash flow from companies in order to generate an adequate return from vintage 2019-2022 investments. More sales growth and/or…
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Mastering today’s polarized private equity markets
The fund landscape is changing faster than ever before, creating winners and losers in an increasingly competitive private equity ecosystem. Higher real interest rates are…
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Unlocking Success – Beyond Culture Series #3
In the third episode of our Beyond Culture Series, we talk about industrializing best practice management processes. Link to Video 1:07 Register here to join our live…
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Culture matters. But behaviors matter more.
There’s increasing focus on “culture” as an elusive driver of value growth. Creating a “high performance culture” has become the mantra for transforming buy-outs to…
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Unlocking Success – Beyond Culture Series #2
The second installment of our interactive webcasts looks at organizational transformation. Join us for a lively discussion on this topic of vital interest for private equity.…
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Next Gen B2B Sales | Leveraging AI and Account Based Marketing
Alvin Toffler’s 1970 global best seller “Future Shock” described the disruptive impact of new technologies on business and society. His title is even more applicable…
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Humatica recognized for Best Organizational Due Diligence Solution 2024
Humatica was recognized for having the Best Organizational Due Diligence Solution by Private Equity Wire in their 2024 European Awards. The award was based on…
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What makes a great private equity CEO
“What got you there won’t get you there”. It’s never been more true than right now for private equity backed companies facing economic headwinds. Increasing…
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Unlocking Success – Beyond Culture Series #1
Welcome to an exciting journey of discovery as we delve into the intricacies of organizational effectiveness in our latest podcast & video series, “Beyond Culture.”…
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Humatica recognized as Best Specialist Private Equity Consulting Firm 2023
Wealth & Finance International Magazine has announced the winners of this year’s Management Consulting Awards. For the second year running, the Management Consulting Awards looks…
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Five take-aways from Real Deals Value Creation Conference
RealDeals Value Creation Conference added a second day this year to focus on organizational effectiveness and talent as a key driver of value creation. The…
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Humatica advises Freshstream on its investment in Project Better Energy
Humatica advises Freshstream on their investment on Project Better Energy, one of the leading players in the domestic renewable energy sector in the UK Humatica, the…
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Podcast: Beyond culture – how management processes unlock performance
Humatica founder, Andros Payne, explains the importance of organizational effectiveness to Ross Butler in a recent FundShack interview. It’s an opportunity to learn how to…
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Organizational due diligence as a value creation lever
Information asymmetry in dealmaking has favoured incumbent management teams over investors, especially with culture and leadership practices. Managers may know where these skeletons are buried…
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Bryan Turner appointed as London Partner of Humatica
Humatica, the leading organizational effectiveness specialist consultant to the private equity industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bryan Turner as its new London-based…
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Humatica listed as one of only 23 UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services 2023
London, 18th September 2023 – The 2023 UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services™ list was launched this morning by Great Place To Work® UK.…
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Claudio Limacher joins Zurich team as director
Claudio has led a number of projects in the areas of organizational performance improvement, post-merger integrations, restructuring, cultural change and leadership process design and implementation.…
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Finance is linear, organizations are not
In private, talent operating partners are frustrated with investment teams lack of understanding about organizations. Likewise, investment managers are frustrated that they can’t find the…
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Meet us in the Fall
Humatica is proud to sponsor three premier private equity conferences in Munich and London during the Fall. This offers a unique opportunity to meet our…
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Humatica Earns Accreditation as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ Company!
London, 24 July 2023 – Humatica, the award-winning specialist private equity advisor, has been officially accredited as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ consulting firm. Certification…
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Consultancy.eu comments on Humatica’s 20th anniversary
This year, Humatica celebrates its 20th anniversary. From its humble beginnings in Switzerland, Humatica has grown into a leading organisational consultancy to the private equity…
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Humatica advises Freshstream on its investment in MCR Group
Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio company organisational effectiveness, has advised Freshstream Investment Partners’s team on its recent investment in MCR Group.…
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Humatica celebrates 20th Anniversary serving Private Equity
2023 marks Humatica’s 20th anniversary. From humble beginnings, but with a powerful idea to quantify the behaviors and management practices that drive value creation, the…
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CEO Job #1 – Aligning stakeholders for value growth
Operating Partners from 20 top funds recently met to discuss how to align managers and employees to deliver the value creation plan. Humatica facilitated the…
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Humatica achieves Gold status in Consultancy.uk’s 2023 Rankings
We are pleased to announce that Humatica has been ranked as one of the top 20 consulting firms for change management and one of the…
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Humatica at the PEI Operating Partner Forum 2023
A lot of value created last week at PEI’s Operating Partner Forum in London. Humatica founder, Andros Payne, facilitated an operating partner-only session with Stijn…
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Strengthen your organisation by addressing the weakest links
Conventional wisdom says that building on the strengths of an organisation is the most direct path to business success. It’s also the foundation of most…
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Report: Organizational Effectiveness – Private Equity’s Third Wave of Value Creation
Talent Operating Partners are playing an increasingly critical role for value creation at the current inflection point for the PE industry where “what got you…
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Humatica selected as Private Equity Specialist Adviser of the Year 2023
We are pleased to announce that Humatica has been selected as the Private Equity Specialist Adviser of the Year for 2023 by RealDeals, the independent…
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Three competencies that make a good CEO great – Insights from the PEI Human Capital Conference March 2023
In today’s dynamic business landscape, private equity (PE) firms are increasingly searching for deals across a range of sectors and industries. Competition for investments is…
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Two promotions in Humatica’s London office
Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio organizational effectiveness, is proud to announce two promotions in its London office. Lucas Lasagna Del Val…
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Key take-aways from this year’s PEI Operating Partner Human Capital Forum
Private Equity International (PEI) held its second annual Operating Partners Human Capital Forum in central Manhattan. The biggest take-away from this event is that it…
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Operating model redesign – Liberate or Incapacitate, the choice is yours
Companies are reorganising more frequently than ever before. It’s a natural consequence of a more dynamic market environment. But how can they manage the risks…
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Humatica wins prestigious Advisory Firm of the Year award in the People & Organisation Strategy category
Humatica is pleased to announce that it received the Advisory Firm of the Year award in the People & Organisational Strategy category at Actum Group’s…
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Crack the code on good leadership with maturity models
In a rare moment of frustration, mid-market investment manager Jan complained, “we agreed a full-potential plan with management. But now, a year in, implementation is…
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Webinar: Leveraging organizational effectiveness as the ultimate source of value creation
Based on Humatica’s recent research, Organizational Effectiveness: Riding private equity’s third wave of value creation, this webinar examines why and how organizational effectiveness is being…
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Humatica is proud to sponsor PEI’s 2nd Operating Partners Human Capital Forum 2023 in New York
In light of the increased focus on human capital and organizational effectiveness as drivers of sustainable value creation, we are delighted to sponsor PEI’s Operating…
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Smart rightsizing – 6 steps to increase efficiency and effectiveness
Elon Musk’s dramatic Reduction in Force at Twitter (affectionately known as “RIF” in the US) is both an early indication of more to come, and…
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Humatica underscores growth in the DACH region with new office in Munich
In addition to London and Zurich, Humatica will open a third European office in Munich in January 2023. This will enable the firm to serve…
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Applying TQM to management processes and behaviour to ensure stable returns
Edwards Deming, the father of modern-day statistical process control and Total Quality Management, understood that reducing sources of variability in business produces consistent results with…
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Management onboarding for private equity carve-out success
As economic pressure mounts, more corporate carve-outs are on the cards. These primary buyouts have been lucrative for private equity. But they require more work…
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Our takeaways from the Real Deals Value Creation Conference 2022
On Thursday 3rd November, Humatica had the pleasure of sponsoring and attending the Real Deals Value Creation Conference. The full-day event benefitted from the participation…
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Engineering your organization
More literature and advice is piling up on leadership effectiveness and organizational performance. It’s no surprise. We are at an inflection point between the industrial…
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Three promotions in Humatica’s London office
Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio organizational effectiveness, is proud to announce three promotions in its London office. Manolis Datseris, has been…
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Humatica appoints new Partner in the Zurich office
Dr. Jochen Schilcher has been appointed as a new Partner to support Humatica’s continued growth. He will begin on 1. October and be based out…
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alpha Talks – Buy & Build: A Success Story
In the latest episode of the alpha Talks Podcast, Humatica Managing Partner Andros Payne speaks to Stijn Vos, CEO of the Esdec Solar Group and…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Assessing governance quality
Assessing good governance is still in its infancy. The most common approaches are focused on interactions with the top-level board and senior executive. The state…
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WEBINAR: Activating the Organization for Change
With multiples under pressure, buy-out managers are asked to do more to drive top-quartile performance. Entrepreneurial leaders know that they need to inspire and activate…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Good governance starts at the top, but it doesn’t end there
ESG and good Governance have become essential tools for sustainable value growth. But Governance in particular has proven elusive to measure. That’s a challenge because…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Quantifying Company Culture
As much as a company with a good corporate culture can thrive even in difficult times, a firm with a dysfunctional culture can stumble in…
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Humatica advises Baird Capital on its investment in UGSI
Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio company organisational effectiveness, has advised Baird Capital’s private equity team on its recent investment in UGSI. UGSI is a leading provider of Water…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Company Culture: How it drives value creation
Corporate culture is a wonderfully fuzzy concept that is both liked and despised by investment professionals. They know culture is critically important, but don’t know…
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Inflation and its implications for PE and talent
The jury is now in, the Fed has been sleeping at the wheel and the genie is now out of the bottle. The annualized US…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Middle Management: How to “kick the tyres” before driving
Humatica has pioneered analytical tools and methods to open the black box around middle management readiness and ensure smooth implementation of the value creation plan.…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Middle Management: Where the rubber hits the road
Limiting assessments to the N-1 top-executives risks miscalculating the capacity of the portfolio company’s organization to drive change. Often overlooked, middle management is the critical…
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Humatica announces expansion plans for Asia business
Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio organizational effectiveness, is proud to announce the appointment of Jen Jee Chan as Managing Partner Asia…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Best practice guide to assessing leadership teams
While traditional leadership assessments can be seen as complex, subjective and even threatening exercises, there are other simpler approaches that sponsors can use to a…
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Liked and feared – the changing role in entrepreneurial leadership
The information-age has brought the rise of “knowledge workers” as the key asset driving value growth – smart, self-motivated people who connect-the-dots and facilitate the…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Leadership Team Excellence: It’s not just the CEO
The leadership team is a driving force for creating a high-performance culture and generating superior returns. Contrary to conventional wisdom, getting the right CEO is…
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Organizational Excellence Series – Riding private equity’s third wave of value growth
Why Organizational Excellence? Private equity has become hyper-competitive. With abundant liquidity and highly structured processes, new levers to drive value growth and differentiation are needed.…
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Promotions in Humatica’s London and Zurich Offices
Humatica, the award-winning private equity specialist advisor for portfolio organizational effectiveness, is proud to announce four promotions in its London and Zurich offices. Oscar Herrera,…
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Reorg governance – there is none!
Why is it that most mergers, reorganizations and downsizings fail to generate their anticipated full value? The main reason is a lack of good governance…
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How to effectively reorganize a portfolio company
Companies are reorganizing more frequently than ever before. It’s a natural consequence of a more dynamic market environment and higher management turnover. Jack Welch famously…
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Humatica named as Private Equity Awards finalist
Humatica is proud to announce that it has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Specialist Adviser of the Year category of The Private Equity…
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Talent Operating Partners – The Next Step in Value Creation
It is a difficult role which first appeared ten years ago. Talent operating partners are a small cohort that goes by different names. However, they…
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Humatica achieves record growth in 2021
2021 was another successful year of growth for Humatica as funds increasingly embrace organizational effectiveness as a lever for value creation. With 19% revenue growth,…
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Humatica advises Baird Capital on its investment in Subsea Technology & Rentals (“STR”)
Humatica, the leading private equity specialist advisor for portfolio company organisational effectiveness, has advised Baird Capital’s private equity team on its recent investment in Subsea Technology & Rentals (“STR”). STR is a…
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Future Forecast – Private Equity in the Next 20 Years
As the founder and Managing Partner of Humatica, it’s been a privilege to observe, and in a small way, facilitate the transformation of private equity…
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Humatica chosen as one of the Red Herring 2021 Top 100 Europe Winners
We are pleased to announce that after much consideration, the Red Herring judging panel has selected Humatica as one of its Top 100 Europe winners,…
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2021 Season’s Greetings
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal clients and friends of Humatica for their continued trust during 2021. It has been…
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Humatica is proud to be a finalist for the Red Herring Europe 2021 Awards
Humatica is proud to announce that it has been selected to be a finalist for the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Europe award from over…
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The Behavioural Revolution – A Podcast Episode from Source Global Research, London
How to profit from dynamic markets. Is your organization ready for it? Humatica’s Andros Payne was recently interviewed on the new frontier of behavior-centric business…
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