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MDIS Insights
Insights from MagicDust Interim Solutions (MDIS)
Find blogs, case studies, and reflections from our consultant network. Lessons learned from real transformation work in sectors ranging from healthcare and manufacturing to financial services and government.
Our consultants work inside client teams, delivering change and building trust under pressure.
Public-Private Innovation: The Art of Being ‘the Glue’
Public-private partnerships succeed when someone acts as the glue — bridging ambition with capability. Drawing on experience from MediaCityUK and Salford’s digital transformation, Jon Corner reveals how to translate between sectors, align incentives early, and build trust through transparency. Discover how MDIS Associates unite public purpose and private performance to deliver lasting impact across complex ecosystems.
4 min read
From Reform to Resilience: Performance as the Compass of Transformation
In today’s public-sector transformation journey, ambition alone won’t carry you forward—what matters is how performance becomes your compass. From redesigning institutions to embedding real-time feedback loops, success hinges on turning data into insight and insight into action. It’s not about technology or plans alone, but about creating a leadership-driven, performance-anchored culture that navigates reform toward lasting resilience and measurable outcomes.
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From Monopoly to Market: Lessons in Transforming Critical Infrastructure Sectors
From monopolies to markets, MDIS Associate Alex Duval reveals why transforming critical infrastructure demands more than structural change — it requires a shift in mindset, culture and leadership. Drawing on real-world examples from sectors such as water, energy and utilities, it explores the key challenges and levers of success: aligning stakeholders, modernising governance, and embedding commercial discipline.
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Digital by Design: Unlocking Innovation in Place-Based Economies
Digital transformation isn’t just about technology — it’s about place. Leeds shows how a city’s culture, identity, and openness can turn ambition into a thriving digital ecosystem. From the Leeds Digital Festival to wider regional growth, the lesson is clear: innovation sticks when it’s rooted in community, collaboration, and character.
3 min read
Building Talent Systems That Stick: From Theory to Practice in Workforce Strategy
Talent strategy fails when it stays theoretical. As HR transformation specialist Ally Weeks explains, the organisations that succeed embed practical, evidence-based, and manager-led systems. From reducing time-to-hire at Cadbury Trebor Bassett to building graduate recruitment pipelines for Pfizer and Aramark, Ally shows how aligning workforce planning, succession, and people systems to business goals creates lasting impact.
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Making Complexity Deliverable: Lessons from The Social Hub
When I first encountered The Social Hub (TSH), it was clear this wasn’t a typical hospitality project. Born in the Netherlands in 2006 as...
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Thurston Group's Strategic Evolution with MDIS
For over 50 years, Thurston Group has led the UK modular building sector. Partnering with MagicDust Interim Solutions, they gained Hayley — not just a consultant, but a trusted part of their senior leadership. Backed by MDIS’s unique support model, she helped sharpen strategic focus, strengthen market positioning, and lead major projects. Managing Director Matt Goff calls the impact “transformational” — senior, embedded support delivered exactly when needed.
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