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Hi, my name is Karthik Suresh. I am an engineer and management consultant based in Sheffield, U.K. I write about strategy, innovation, marketing, technology, product development and business building in this blog. My main interest is in addressing “wicked” real-world problems using the methodology described here.

Consulting

My consultancy practice helps managers systematically transform and improve their business operations.

I typically work with managers in large organisations responsible for strategy, innovation, sustainability, procurement, business analytics and operational improvement.

The challenges my clients face often fall into one of these categories:

  1. What strategy should they follow? Struggling to agree a direction to take in a constantly changing macro-environment with regular large-scale disruptions to stay relevant and resilient.
  2. Struggling with data management? Difficulty working out how to efficiently and accurately collect data to comply with regulations and deliver insights that customers, investors, employees and other stakeholders are looking for from them.
  3. How to build robust business cases and investment plans? Wasted time and effort to create analysis and models that effectively support decision making.
  4. Behind the curve on technology solutions? Finding it challenging to balance technology management and security to protect data with allowing innovation and development to create new solutions.

I get called in to help improve such “wicked” situations, using a novel and engaging approach to talk through what needs to be done. These are called discovery sessions and I explain what to expect in the video below. The sessions help to scope out programmes of work that we can deliver as a team.

If you would like to have a free 15-30 minute introductory discussion please contact me using this form.