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Retail and management expert Paul Glass founded a new consultancy specializing in transformation programs. Evolvereia’s small team of consultants has no permanent office and is spread across Europe. It’s designed to be affordable and effective for customers of all sizes.

Paul Glass is based in the Highlands of Scotland, where he has returned after several years overseas. Only six months after the founding of Carbon Positive Motorsport, which is considered the world’s first dedicated CO2 offsetting service provider for motorsport, Glass has founded a new management consultancy. Evolvereia will offer its customers services in the areas of business transformation, project and change management and coaching, among other things.

Commenting on starting the company, Glass said: “I first had the ambition to start my own business when I was finishing my postgraduate degree in industrial management. I was fascinated by retail, which was in a phase of massive change and expansion. I became a trainee for B & Q with the aim of gaining experience to start my own retail business. This has resulted in a successful career with large retail companies such as IKEA, but also in industry across their value chains. Over the past three years, I’ve started to think more about the value of this experience and how it could be carried over to other companies. From there, the idea behind Evolvereia developed. “

Evolvereia is officially registered in London and operates on an agile, cost-effective model that does not use fixed offices. By putting together a team from different locations in the UK and Europe, the company hopes to pass savings on to its customers and offers a consultancy service that stems from the company’s claim that it should be affordable and effective especially for companies of all sizes . small and medium business.

Incumbents in the SME market often cannot access and benefit from advisory services due to incumbent costs. However, boutiques like Evolvereia are increasingly trying to question this.

Glass commented, “The business consulting sector has grown significantly and micro-consulting firms are a rapidly growing segment that is adding to it. It only takes a spark to start a fire and there can be benefits to using a small consulting firm. For example, we can offer a comparatively inexpensive service that makes our services accessible to both SMEs and larger companies and organizations. We offer a unique service The concept of end-to-end business transformation is based on successful experience in established market-leading innovative companies and that has considerable value. “

According to the founder of Evolvereia, the company has identified “the most effective and easiest to use methods and tools” that he believes will enable its customers to successfully carry out their business transformations. While most consulting firms come to a client to solve a specific problem and provide functionality that a company doesn’t have, Glass explained that a consultant’s exit after such a project can leave a vacuum in which a “lack of Property “exists. new skills that mean sustainable growth will be difficult.

“What makes us different,” he continued, “is that our concept is to create these internal skills in an organization in order to encourage self-responsibility and continuously develop. This is where long-term value comes into play and is central to our offering … [When we are engaged on a project, we also] Bring our coaching skills to help companies apply the concept and create their own in-house skills to add value. “

Change, develop and grow

Evolvereia takes its name from the Latin word “evolvere” – which means to change, develop or grow. In 2020, when businesses have to adapt quickly to a range of rapidly evolving crises – from the Covid-19 pandemic to the global recession to the height of Brexit at the end of the year – the importance of survival over adaptation is arguably never been of course.

“The pandemic has created major disruptions and challenges for many companies and sectors. This situation adds to the already existing challenges for companies to adapt to an ever faster changing world, for example in terms of technology and sustainability. I’m sure we are still only seeing the tip of the iceberg in terms of the consequences of the “new normal,” and this will require even the most successful companies to reassess their strategies, value propositions and activities. “

“There has never been a greater time for companies to need and invest in Evolvereia’s services. In that regard, it’s the perfect storm. “