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12/1/2025 3:08:12 PM

Where's My MOIC? The Workforce Multiplier Effect

By Elliot Fuhr

Can You Tie Your People Investment Numbers to Exponential Value Creation? Walk into any private equity boardroom and ask about return...

10/29/2025 3:29:19 PM

The Career On-ramp: Under Construction or Permanently Closed?

By John Frehse Cady Finley

As some businesses prioritize AI investment over graduate programs and hiring, a crucial question emerges: where will the next generation...

10/1/2025 12:45:10 PM

The Impact Exchange: The Mexico Alternative: What American Business Needs to Know

By John Frehse

Ready to challenge some stereotypes about Mexico's workforce? On this episode of The Impact Exchange, John Frehse sits down with Ankura's...

5/23/2025 2:54:03 PM

U.S. Economy: Navigating Tariffs and Consumer Fears (Ankura Monthly Economic Indicators - May 2025)

By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki David Tait +1 more...

The U.S. economy is currently in flux, with the outlook for the next few months heavily influenced by the impact of tariffs, which...

5/20/2025 3:42:09 PM

Where's My MOIC? Organizational and People Impediments

By Elliot Fuhr Michael Reich Matt Keller

Investment theses rarely fail at inception. The financial models, market analyses, and growth projections typically reflect sound logic...

4/24/2025 7:16:31 PM

Consumer Sentiment Decline and Trade Tariffs Shape U.S. Economic Outlook - (Ankura Monthly Economic Indicators - April 2025)

By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki Frank Jones

Ankura's April update on key U.S. economic indicators reveals a stark drop in consumer sentiment, reaching its lowest point since June...

4/7/2025 6:16:00 PM

High-Stakes Investigations: The Role of Culture

By Ankura Consulting

Our latest episode of the Ankura podcast is out now and features Nitish Upadhyaya, Behavioural Insights Director at Ropes & Gray!...

3/19/2025 4:00:43 PM

Consumer Sentiment Nosedives as U.S. Consumers Try to Make Sense of Economic Uncertainty - (Ankura Monthly Economic Indicators - March 2025)

By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki Frank Jones

March 2025 consumer sentiment in the U.S. experienced a significant decline, dropping 11% and marking the third consecutive monthly...

3/7/2025 3:57:19 PM

Workforce Management Becomes Driving Force In Retail and Multi-Unit Operations Due to Minimum Wage Pressures

By Eugene Kim Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki +1 more...

With nearly half of the U.S. experiencing rising minimum wages in 2025, retailers and multi-unit businesses face cost headwinds that...

2/11/2025 4:39:40 PM

The Impact Exchange: Why We Fail to Change

By John Frehse

In this first episode of The Impact Exchange, John Frehse sits down with Ankura colleague and change management expert Kevin Cowherd...

1/21/2025 3:23:13 PM

HR is Full of Numbers; Do You Know Which Ones Matter and WHY?

By Valerie Hart Donna George

The Case for Attention to the Specific HR Metrics That Improve or Impair Value At this year’s HR Technology Conference, one of the...

9/25/2024 1:00:51 PM

Moneyball Turns 20: What Corporate America Can Still Learn From Billy Beane and the Oakland A’s

By Mike Thacker

The Moneyball revolution that transformed baseball just turned 20 years old. The principles applied by Billy Beane and the Oakland A’s...

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