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DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY
DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY
DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY
Are You Ready to Create Value?
Are You Ready to Create Value?
Are You Ready to Create Value?
IMPLEMENT AI THE RIGHT WAY AND Grow your company to $50 million and beyond
Scale with confidence: Empowering growth-stage Tech CEOs and leadership teams through proven value creation systems and insights from real-world growth experience
Guiding Leaders to Build Companies That Think Intelligently, Act Decisively, and Scale Sustainably
Books by Gary Pearson
The AI Fix for Private Equity
A New Playbook for Value Creation, from Pre-Deal to Exit
Why Read the AI Fix for Private Equity?
Build Smarter. Move Faster. Exit Stronger.
Artificial Intelligence isn’t a side project. It’s the new playbook.
Most AI initiatives stall in pilot purgatory, chasing cosmetic wins that don’t move the needle. This book shows private equity leaders how to do it differently by building intelligent systems that scale, adapt, and create real enterprise value.
Build Smarter. Move Faster. Exit Stronger.
Artificial Intelligence isn’t a side project. It’s the new playbook.
Most AI initiatives stall in pilot purgatory, chasing cosmetic wins that don’t move the needle. This book shows private equity leaders how to do it differently by building intelligent systems that scale, adapt, and create real enterprise value.
The AI Fix for Private Equity delivers a field-tested framework to:
Identify real AI advantage—before the deal is signed
Build intelligent systems that learn, adapt, and defend margins
Avoid the leadership, governance, and cost traps that kill value
Turn token costs, model risks, and system debt into strategic clarity
Prepare for buyer scrutiny and exit with a defensible AI narrative
The AI Fix for Private Equity delivers a field-tested framework to:
Identify real AI advantage—before the deal is signed
Build intelligent systems that learn, adapt, and defend margins
Avoid the leadership, governance, and cost traps that kill value
Turn token costs, model risks, and system debt into strategic clarity
Prepare for buyer scrutiny and exit with a defensible AI narrative
The Accidental Strategist
Lessons in Value Creation from Air Traffic Control
Why Read the Accidental Strategist?
This book blends practical advice with a dash of humor and real-life experiences, giving leaders and entrepreneurs the tools to make confident, impactful decisions, even in the face of uncertainty. Join me on this journey to becoming a more resilient, strategic, and adaptive leader.
The Accidental Strategist
Lessons in Value Creation from Air Traffic Control
Why Read the Accidental Strategist?
This book blends practical advice with a dash of humor and real-life experiences, giving leaders and entrepreneurs the tools to make confident, impactful decisions, even in the face of uncertainty. Join me on this journey to becoming a more resilient, strategic, and adaptive leader.
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ReSCUED - A Framework From The Accidental Strategist
A simple yet powerful process
The Accidental Strategist introduces the ReSCUED method. Six steps to continuous value creation. A disciplined and repeatable value creation system.
The Accidental Strategist introduces the ReSCUED method. Six steps to continuous value creation. A disciplined and repeatable value creation system.
Break through growth barriers and create lasting value with proven strategies that deliver measurable results
Artificial Intelligence & Generative AI
Unlock the potential of generative AI with confidence.
Navigate the risks and seize the opportunities of adopting generative AI. From evaluating security and ethical considerations to identifying transformative business applications, get tailored insights to support informed, strategic AI integration.
Unlock the potential of generative AI with confidence.
Navigate the risks and seize the opportunities of adopting generative AI. From evaluating security and ethical considerations to identifying transformative business applications, get tailored insights to support informed, strategic AI integration.
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Latest Posts
General
Oct 21, 2025
The Five Things You Actually Need to Run a Business, and the Two That Make You Win
You can run on five, you win on two. Five fundamentals keep the lights on, two ways of thinking compound value for years.
General
Oct 16, 2025
Stop Wasting Time in Meetings: The Framework I Wish I'd Had at That Disastrous Offsite
Most so-called strategy sessions fail not because people lack ideas, but because they lack objective-based constraints.
AI
Oct 14, 2025
The Great AI Hallucination Misunderstanding: Why LinkedIn's Loudest Critics Are Missing the Point
Every day on LinkedIn, another post surfaces with the same tired revelation: "ChatGPT made up citations!" or "AI hallucinated facts!" These posts, dressed up as serious analysis, are really just intellectual laziness disguised as skepticism.
AI
Oct 12, 2025
The 10-Minute Test That Tells You If You're AI-Ready
Don’t be fooled into checking the wrong boxes: Do we have enough data? Is our tech stack modern? Have we hired data scientists? Can we run pilots? Those questions matter eventually. But there's a faster way to know if you're ready. It takes about 10 minutes: compare your gross and net margins to your industry peers.
Leadership & Management
Oct 11, 2025
The Dirty Secret About AI Transformation: You're Not Ready
Without strong fundamentals, your AI adoption is going to fail. Not because you picked the wrong model, hired the wrong consultants, or missed the latest GPT release. It'll fail because your company is held together with duct tape, legacy grudges, and Excel sheets
Strategy
Oct 10, 2025
The Most Powerful Question Leaders Refuse to Ask
"What if?" Two simple words. Barely a sentence. Yet in my years working both as an air traffic controller and as a CEO, I've come to realize that this might be the most underused, and most powerful, question in business.
General
Oct 21, 2025
The Five Things You Actually Need to Run a Business, and the Two That Make You Win
You can run on five, you win on two. Five fundamentals keep the lights on, two ways of thinking compound value for years.
General
Oct 16, 2025
Stop Wasting Time in Meetings: The Framework I Wish I'd Had at That Disastrous Offsite
Most so-called strategy sessions fail not because people lack ideas, but because they lack objective-based constraints.
AI
Oct 14, 2025
The Great AI Hallucination Misunderstanding: Why LinkedIn's Loudest Critics Are Missing the Point
Every day on LinkedIn, another post surfaces with the same tired revelation: "ChatGPT made up citations!" or "AI hallucinated facts!" These posts, dressed up as serious analysis, are really just intellectual laziness disguised as skepticism.
AI
Oct 12, 2025
The 10-Minute Test That Tells You If You're AI-Ready
Don’t be fooled into checking the wrong boxes: Do we have enough data? Is our tech stack modern? Have we hired data scientists? Can we run pilots? Those questions matter eventually. But there's a faster way to know if you're ready. It takes about 10 minutes: compare your gross and net margins to your industry peers.
General
Oct 21, 2025
The Five Things You Actually Need to Run a Business, and the Two That Make You Win
You can run on five, you win on two. Five fundamentals keep the lights on, two ways of thinking compound value for years.
General
Oct 16, 2025
Stop Wasting Time in Meetings: The Framework I Wish I'd Had at That Disastrous Offsite
Most so-called strategy sessions fail not because people lack ideas, but because they lack objective-based constraints.
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DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY
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NeWTHISTle Consulting
DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY
Copyright © 2025 NewThistle Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved
NeWTHISTle Consulting
DELIVERING CLARITY FROM COMPLEXITY
Copyright © 2025 NewThistle Consulting LLC. All Rights Reserved