Excellence Hub

The Centre is developing our Excellence Hub, a repository of essential resources for management consultants. The aim is to identify and, where possible, provide links to key articles and other materials in each topic area. We also include a blog on topics of current interest.

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Four people in medieval dress
The cowl does not make the monk… or does it?

“Dressing well is a form of good manners.” Tom Ford

Back in 2018 then CMCE Director Calvert Markham wrote an article asking whether there…

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Row of jackets on hangers
Post Covid and the slow return to the Office - Any changes in "how to dress" in 2025?

Dr Marc Duffy's article on LinkedIn summarises the key themes that emerged during a British Academy of Management (BAM) Management Consulting…

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Bookcases
Sourcing Knowledge - Part 3

In the search for knowledge and wisdom, I regularly consult the CMCE Excellence Hub, as a source for current management consultant thinking and…

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Artist's representation of Artificial Intelligence
The Creative Edge Workshop

The CMCE Creative Edge Workshop was hosted by Bayes Business School and looked at how generative AI can help management consultants to be more…

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Mindmasters
Mindmasters

Key insights from a recent discussion organised by Harvard Business Review about ‘Mindmasters’, a book by Sandra Matz, Associate Professor of…

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SOSTAC® planning methodology
Tactics, Actions and Control: How to Write the Perfect Plan using SOSTAC® Planning methodology

In Part 1 we looked at introducing SOSTAC® Planning methodology.

In Part 2 we looked at Situation Analysis (where are you now?) which…

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