Tony Gruebl

What can you learn about business operations from 20-year old pop culture phenomena like The Matrix, or Pulp Fiction or Jaws? Big thinkers like Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Oren Klaff, and Simon Sinek have explained how biology prevents even seasoned executives from achieving their greatest potential. They are so good at working within their operational world, they become virtually blind to the one thing that controls everything they do: Culture. As a Six Sigma Master Black Belt, former COO and VP, with 25 years of operationally focused experience in and around technology, I’ve led the creation of a Baltimore-based management consulting firm, called Think, that provides post merger integration (PMI), operations and technology transformation, and program execution, led by Executives, adapted to the mid-market. We’re especially attuned to the unique culture of each business with which we work. We offer PMI, Technology Transformation, Agility Transformation, Operations Improvement, PMO development and assessment, Program and Project Management Support, and Targeted Strategic Hiring for critical positions. I’ve written two books. Bare Knuckled Project Management (BKPM) explains our new, yet classic style of unshackled project and program management. It's available free on Smashwords or on Amazon. BKPM has a circulation of over 17,000 (Jan. ‘20). BKPM on Amazon: http://amzn.com/0615813941. The Red Pill Executive (2021, Morgan James Publishing) is not a typical business book. Using pop culture to unlock your brain and free your mind, we unpack our discovery from the operator's perspective, at the epicenter of operations, technology, and transformation - projects. You’ll uncover culture’s role in performance and effectiveness and pick the lock on the Red Pill vault to get operational improvement and effectiveness now that in 20 years will be the new standard. Red Pill Executive is now available for pre order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indigo, and Indiebound (https://www.thinkconsulting.com/redpill/). Call me at 443-313-3348 anytime.