Innovative
Corporate Advisory
Executed.
We are a strategy and innovation focused advisory firm specialising in the development and facilitation of strategies (design and implementation), building innovation functions and guiding companies to manage and thrive in a disruptive world. Our international experience provides us with advisory expertise, catering to executive strategy for the now and the next.
ESTABLISHED
Consulting Projects
Our Service Offering
Includes the following
Strategy Design
Developing and designing corporate strategy that not only caters to the ever-changing market, but is also personalised to your company.
Strategy Execution
Clear and concise leveraging of resources, information and vision to consistently adapt to markets and maintain a blueprint for current and future strategy.
Innovation
Staying ahead of the competition with unique concepts and ideas to build an offering for your developing customer base.
Immersive Learning
Bringing new meaning to corporate learning. We provide a unique, international learning experience for key decision-makers and role players in your firm.
Keynote Speaking
Access to a range of industry professionals, all with their own expertise and knowledge in various markets and scopes of business.
Coaching
Personalised leadership coaching with a team of industry experts driving the development of your business and personal, leadership capacities.
Resilience and personal development
Building an effective approach to change management while developing management skills to become a proficient leader.
Executive Advisory
A unique, advisory partnership with executive decision-makers and one of our advisory members, generating a mentorship relationship in the EXCO capacity.
Thought Leadership
Globally recognised, industry though leaders accessible at any time. Providing industry insight, expertise and guidance.
The Disruptor Series
Clear and concise leveraging of resources, information and vision to consistently adapt to markets and maintain a blueprint for current and future strategy.
Our people
Get to know The Strategists. The team that brings innovation, expertise and counsel to your organisation.
About Us
HOW WE STARTED
The Strategists is a strategy and advisory firm, birthed through the expertise and experiences of a dynamic and well-crafted team of corporate thought-leaders.
Founded by Abdullah Verachia, The Strategists conceptualises and applies areas of strategy, innovation, advisory and research. We have worked with numerous global multinationals, listed firms, small, medium and large companies and governments around the world.
Our firm aims to bridge the gap between strategy creation and the execution thereof, all while creating bespoke offerings and insights to executive decision-makers for the benefit of the organisation.
We constantly faced concerns around our future relevance and impact. The Strategists designed a structured and very well thought through.
A LEADING GLOBAL BANK
Feedback from the group head of strategy
About us
HOW WE STARTED
The Strategists was founded as a means of providing relevant, insightful, and bespoke strategy, consulting and innovation solutions to clients. Our view was, and remains, that the world of strategy must translate into real value to organisations and their leaders. In addition it must be implementable.
In the eight years we have grown into a leading strategy and advisory firm, with the expertise and experiences of a dynamic and well-crafted team of corporate thought-leaders. Our commitment is to walk the journey with each client, to understand their pain points and to provide cutting edge customised solutions in enhancing their work.
We constantly faced concerns around our future relevance and impact. The Strategists designed a structured and very well thought through strategy formulation process.
A LEADING GLOBAL BANK
Feedback from the Group Head of Strategy
The Disruption Series
• Personal journeys and insights from South African disruptors.
• Anchored by global strategist, Abdullah Verachia.
• A curated book on the experience of the series available at all major book sellers.
• A 60-minute highlight video with key points from the event itself.
• Media releases and thought insights from every session.
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Client Case Studies
Each one of our projects is bespoke and customized based on the needs of the client. These case studies are a reflection of some of the projects we have worked on.
BANKING FOR THE FUTURE
A leading global bank approached The Strategists to design and facilitate a strategy session for their board and exco. The bank has a favourable competitive position, but was facing headwinds from new competitors, and rapid changes in the banking industry.
INNOVATION FUNCTION FOR LEADING FMCG COMPANY
The Strategists were approached by a leading FMCG company to build an innovation function for the organisation. Our team co-crafted a bespoke innovation journey that created a culture and context where innovation became an everyday function in the organisation. We assisted the organisation with a full suit of initiatives to achieve this.
BANKING FOR THE FUTURE
INNOVATION FUNCTION FOR LEADING FMCG COMPANY
A leading global bank approached The Strategists to design and facilitate a strategy session for their board and exco. The bank has a favourable competitive position, but was facing headwinds from new competitors, and rapid changes in the banking industry.
The Strategists were approached by a leading FMCG company to build an innovation function for the organisation. Our team co-crafted a bespoke innovation journey that created a culture and context where innovation became an everyday function in the organisation. We assisted the organisation with a full suit of initiatives to achieve this.
Scaling to new heights: Airport authority
“Thank you for taking the time out of your very busy schedule to assist us in de-cluttering strategy. You have this innate ability to cut through the clutter and provide much needed focus and clarity. But you do this through skilful facilitation and not presentation. You certainly allowed us to drive the conversation around KPI alignment against a backdrop of our leading, top priorities. Thank you for the inspiration and the meticulous guidance through this journey. The role you continue to play with the team and I is highly appreciated. Thank you for stretching our thinking, our ability to think outside of the box and to reduce this to critical, and yet sometimes small innovations to get us the desired impact and result.”
This can't be retail
Having done extensive work globally on the future of retail, we were approached with helping a company to proactively adapt to the changing context of the retail sector.
Using a process of strategic disruption, we shared our insights on the future of retail and customer engagement. This was followed by a session mapping out the companies competitive positioning, market segmentation as well as its potential for differentiation. We co-created an innovative strategy that has allowed the company to reposition itself in the market
Scaling to new heights: Airport authority
This can't be retail
“Thank you for taking the time out of your very busy schedule to assist us in de-cluttering strategy. You have this innate ability to cut through the clutter and provide much needed focus and clarity. But you do this through skilful facilitation and not presentation. You certainly allowed us to drive the conversation around KPI alignment against a backdrop of our leading, top priorities. Thank you for the inspiration and the meticulous guidance through this journey. The role you continue to play with the team and I is highly appreciated. Thank you for stretching our thinking, our ability to think outside of the box and to reduce this to critical, and yet sometimes small innovations to get us the desired impact and result.”
Having done extensive work globally on the future of retail, we were approached with helping a company to proactively adapt to the changing context of the retail sector.
Using a process of strategic disruption, we shared our insights on the future of retail and customer engagement. This was followed by a session mapping out the companies competitive positioning, market segmentation as well as its potential for differentiation. We co-created an innovative strategy that has allowed the company to reposition itself in the market
Testimonials
What our clients say
Feedback from clients we’ve worked with
We constantly faced concerns around our future relevance and impact. The Strategists designed a structured and very well thought through strategy formulation process. With deep industry insights, impactful facilitation and the ability to navigate organisational complexity, The Strategists allowed us to walk out with a clear and well-defined strategy. The team has a clear sense of the immediate battle plan as well as the longer terms strategic priorities
A LEADING GLOBAL BANK
Feedback from the Group Head of Strategy
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