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Quantified Strategy
Decreased uncertainty, improved decisions
Global Advisors is a leader in defining quantified strategies, decreasing uncertainty, improving decisions and achieving measureable results.
We specialise in providing highly-analytical data-driven recommendations in the face of significant uncertainty.
We utilise advanced predictive analytics to build robust strategies and enable our clients to make calculated decisions.
We support implementation of adaptive capability and capacity.
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Thoughts
The AI Signal from The World Economic Forum 2026 at Davos
Davos 2026 ( WEF26 ) signalled a clear shift in the AI conversation: less speculation, more execution. For most corporates, the infrastructure stack matters, but it will be accessed via hyperscalers and service providers rather than built internally. The more relevant question is what happens inside the organisation once the capability is available.
A consistent theme across discussions: progress is coming from pragmatic leaders who are treating AI as an operating model change, not a technology project. That means building basic literacy across the workforce, redesigning workflows, and being willing to challenge legacy assumptions about how work gets done.
In the full write-up:
- The shift from “AI theatre” to ROI and deployment reality
- The five-layer AI stack (and why corporates mostly consume it via partners)
- The emerging sixth layer: user readiness — and why it is becoming decisive
- Energy and infrastructure constraints as real-world brakes on scale
- Corporate pragmatism: moving beyond an “AI veneer” to process redesign and agentic workflows
- Labour market implications: skills shifts, entry-level hollowing, and what employers must do now
- The Global South dimension: barriers, pathways to competitiveness, and practical adoption strategies
- Second-order risks: cyber exposure, mental health, and cognitive atrophy as governance issues
If you’re leading a business, the takeaway is straightforward: there are strong lessons from pragmatic programs outside of Silicon Valley.
Strategy Tools
PODCAST: Effective Transfer Pricing
Our Spotify podcast discusses how to get transfer pricing right.
We discuss effective transfer pricing within organizations, highlighting the prevalent challenges and proposing solutions. The core issue is that poorly implemented internal pricing leads to suboptimal economic decisions, resource allocation problems, and interdepartmental conflict. The hosts advocate for market-based pricing over cost recovery, emphasizing the importance of clear price signals for efficient resource allocation and accurate decision-making. They stress the need for service level agreements, fair cost allocation, and a comprehensive process to manage the political and emotional aspects of internal pricing, ultimately aiming for improved organizational performance and profitability. The podcast includes case studies illustrating successful implementations and the authors’ expertise in this field.
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Fast Facts
Fast Fact: Great returns aren’t enough
Key insights
It’s not enough to just have great returns – top-line growth is just as critical.
In fact, S&P 500 investors rewarded high-growth companies more than high-ROIC companies over the past decade.
While the distinction was less clear on the JSE, what is clear is that getting a balance of growth and returns is critical.
Strong and consistent ROIC or RONA performers provide investors with a steady flow of discounted cash flows – without growth effectively a fixed-income instrument.
Improvements in ROIC through margin improvements, efficiencies and working-capital optimisation provide point-in-time uplifts to share price.
Top-line growth presents a compounding mechanism – ROIC (and improvements) are compounded each year leading to on-going increases in share price.
However, without acceptable levels of ROIC, the benefits of compounding will be subdued and share price appreciation will be depressed – and when ROIC is below WACC value will be destroyed.
Maintaining high levels of growth is not as sustainable as maintaining high levels of ROIC – while both typically decline as industries mature, growth is usually more affected.
Getting the right balance between ROIC and growth is critical to optimising shareholder value.
Selected News
The AI Signal from The World Economic Forum 2026 at Davos
Davos 2026 ( WEF26 ) signalled a clear shift in the AI conversation: less speculation, more execution. For most corporates, the infrastructure stack matters, but it will be accessed via hyperscalers and service providers rather than built internally. The more relevant question is what happens inside the organisation once the capability is available.
A consistent theme across discussions: progress is coming from pragmatic leaders who are treating AI as an operating model change, not a technology project. That means building basic literacy across the workforce, redesigning workflows, and being willing to challenge legacy assumptions about how work gets done.
In the full write-up:
- The shift from “AI theatre” to ROI and deployment reality
- The five-layer AI stack (and why corporates mostly consume it via partners)
- The emerging sixth layer: user readiness — and why it is becoming decisive
- Energy and infrastructure constraints as real-world brakes on scale
- Corporate pragmatism: moving beyond an “AI veneer” to process redesign and agentic workflows
- Labour market implications: skills shifts, entry-level hollowing, and what employers must do now
- The Global South dimension: barriers, pathways to competitiveness, and practical adoption strategies
- Second-order risks: cyber exposure, mental health, and cognitive atrophy as governance issues
If you’re leading a business, the takeaway is straightforward: there are strong lessons from pragmatic programs outside of Silicon Valley.
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We help clients to measurably improve strategic decision-making and the results they achieve through defining clearly prioritised choices, reducing uncertainty, winning hearts and minds and partnering to deliver.
Our difference is embodied in our team. Our values define us.
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14 years of quantitative and data science experience
An enabler to delivering quantified strategy and accelerated implementation
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Developers of digital proof-of-concepts
An accelerator for Global Advisors and our clients
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Consultants join our firm based on a fit with our values, culture and vision. They believe in and are excited by our differentiated approach. They realise that working on our clients’ most important projects is a privilege. While the problems we solve are strategic to clients, consultants recognise that solutions primarily require hard work – rigorous and thorough analysis, partnering with client team members to overcome political and emotional obstacles, and a large investment in knowledge development and self-growth.
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