Thought Leadership Programme

DVC ‘s Consultancy Thought Leadership Programme allows promotion of insights and ideas to establish a market leadership positioning…Thought Leadership is a different type of growth strategy for corporations.

NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF A RUSSIA-UKRAINE DEMILITARISED ZONE: INSIGHTS FROM DVC CONSULTANTS’ LOAF GENAI 24 FRAMEWORK

Establishing a Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) Between Russia and Ukraine: Insights from DVC Consultants’ LOAF GenAI 24 Framework Post the re-election of Donald Trump, discussions around a potential demilitarised zone (DMZ) between Russia and Ukraine are gaining attention as a pathway to reduce tensions in the region. DVC Consultants have applied Read more…

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The Winners and Losers of Trump’s Victory: An Academic Perspective

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election has far-reaching implications for a variety of global and domestic stakeholders. This analysis seeks to identify the key winners and losers resulting from his election, focusing on their potential impacts on international relations, energy policies, and democratic governance. Winners Big Oil Read more…

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Chaos and Covid-19: Applying “Covid Lenses” for investment analyses

Former advisers to Gazprom, Vodafone and the World Bank, Quentin Anderson and Dr Peter Stanbury look at the investment implications of Covid -19, through their  perspective as Political Economists, and devise a three step investment process. Introduction A recent article by members of the Private Equity practice at Bain Consulting Read more…

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We need to look at Covid -19, from its perspective as an environmental disaster, to avoid another Pandemic

Former advisers to Syngenta and the World Bank, Quentin Anderson look at the environmental implications of Covid -19 for the Globe. It is rare that a mathematical theory makes it into the awareness of the general public. One exception, a number of years ago, was Chaos Theory. However sceptical some Read more…

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Management Consultants. Contagion; Where does Coronomics leave the Private Equity Sector post Covid-19?

The opportunity As a healthcare crisis Covid-19 is unprecedented in its global sweep and impact. As an economic event it presents us with a huge raft of what Donald Rumsfeld once called ‘unknown unknowns’, as questions are raised about everything from future consumer behaviours to the viability of international supply Read more…

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Living with the Covid -19 bioterror…How will businesses have to adapt?

As the globe and their economies continue in lockdown how will businesses large and small have to adapt? The combination of scalable and agile capabilities is what will define all businesses going forward. Businesses that use cloud are already surviving better than those who don’t through the pandemic crisis. Artificial Read more…

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‘The world has been put in a great lockdown,’ the IMF’s chief economist, Gita Gopinath, told reporters. ‘This is a crisis like no other.”

Last week, we at DVC published a paper which looked at the Covid-19 Pandemic through the scope of the Rumsfeldian Knowledge Matrix to predict the global economic, socio-political, scientific and technological impacts of the virus. We at DVC, have been helping clients with what then-US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld once Read more…

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It turns out Don Rumsfeld was right!

Applying the Rumsfeldian Knowledge Matrix to predict the economic, socio-political, scientific and technological impacts of the Coronavirus. When asked what sort of thing was most likely to blow governments off course, Harold MacMillan, then British Prime Minister famously replied, “events, dear boy, events”.  This line is particularly apposite as governments Read more…

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