Organise your business for the future
In the wake of technological disruption, rising costs and the structural decline of traditional revenue sources, the majority of companies are revisiting their operating model and cost base. How can organisations structure themselves to ensure their long-term success?
FT Strategies works with you to systematically assess the optimal operating model and how to achieve it. Our team has extensive experience in restructuring and organisational design — from optimising print operations for profitability to integrating diverse content production teams, building best-in-class digital functions, or nurturing a digital-first culture, we align all departments behind a shared goal.
OUR SERVICES
Organisational Redesign
Align your executive, commercial, editorial and product & technology teams through shared goals, new organisational structures and ways of working.
Newsroom Transformation
Design the newsroom for the future with digital-first, integrated operations.
Using data to inform content
Leverage data, analytics and AI within the content production process to become more audience-centric.
Cost Management
Create a leaner, faster and stronger business by realising long-term cost savings and redirecting resources to future areas of growth.
Print Optimisation
Manage the future of your print operations by maximising profitability and minimising production/distribution costs.
OUR EXPERTS
Director
Lisa has over 25 years of experience in print-to-digital transformation, most notably at the Financial Times where she led newsroom operations, was an Assistant Editor and Managing Editor, Associate Editor and Head of Operations for FT.com. She led group-wide digital transformation projects at both of South Africa’s biggest publishers, Tiso Blackstar (now Arena Holdings) and Naspers’s 24.com.
Lisa is a former Vice President of the World Association of News Publishers, advisor and coach with Women in News, a board member of the World Editors Forum, Leader in Residence at the University of Lancashire and a mentor with the Journalism Innovation Leaders faculty.
Principal
George has over a decade of experience in strategy consulting and in-house advisory. Leading strategy development, service design and digital transformation teams, he has advised senior leadership across both the public and private sectors.
He has an ACII and a Masters from the London School of Economics.
Principal
Jim is a Principal at FT Strategies and has worked as a news business leader, investor and regulator. Prior to joining FT Strategies, Jim was Chief Investment Officer at Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), a specialist fund which provides debt and equity investments for news companies in countries where press freedom is under threat. Between 2012 and 2020 Jim served as Chief Executive Officer of BBC World News and bbc.com - the BBC's commercially-funded TV and online news services for audiences outside the UK.
Earlier in his career, Jim was part of the launch management team at Ofcom, the UK's communications and media regulator, where he was Ofcom's first Director of Strategy. While in the public sector Jim also spent a year as Specialist Adviser to the UK's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Manager
Alexandra is a Manager at FT Strategies with over six years of strategy and operations experience. She previously worked as an operational transformation consultant at Deloitte, as well as an Operations and Strategy manager for two fast-growing start-ups, Deliveroo and Pollen. Alexandra specialises in strategic transformation, operational improvement and change management.
OUR IMPACT
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Driving digital transformation through newsroom integration and innovation
FT Strategies assisted a Kenyan media group with a year-long digital transformation aimed at optimising newsroom operations for long-term sustainability. They integrated print, digital, and broadcast newsrooms, developed a premium content strategy for a new online paywall and established best practice workflows for a digital-first approach.
The project involved a comprehensive diagnostic of operations, defining a North Star strategy and designing a future operating model for an integrated newsroom. These resulted in streamlined workflows, new editorial leadership roles, audience-focused strategies, and a data-led newsroom culture.
FEATURED INSIGHTS
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As an editorially-led business who has embraced digital, we have found FT Strategies to be a highly credible partner bringing affinity, ambition and expertise.
Hannah Telfer MD for Audiences, Penguin UK
Working with FT Strategies on the GNI Digital Growth Program has been great and seamless. They have demonstrated their expertise in the field, and this is reflected in the excellent feedback we’ve received.
Eero Korhonen Head of Strategic Partnerships, Google
I cannot compare it to any other consulting project that I have engaged with before. The access to unique knowledge is inspiring and stimulates many old and new questions in my organisation.
Danuta Bregula Director of Subscription Strategy, Gazeta Wyborcza
This is a new form of consulting. You're coming with the brains and the FT experience. You're changing consulting for the better, I really mean it!
Philippe Colombet Group Chief Data Officer, Bayard
The recommendations, experiments and quick wins that come out of our sessions are invaluable. Also, having access to experts has been great, particularly as we look to create our own RFV propensity model.
Ross Wilmot Head of Consumer Marketing, The Independent
There are so many things we share with the FT in terms of values and business model that it was a natural fit.
Imran Amed CEO and Editor in Chief, Business of Fashion
One of the most valuable consulting projects I've been involved with. The FT Strategies team were incredibly knowledgeable and responsive as they guided us through the process.
Joanna Chmielewska Analytics Manager, DC Thomson
Amazing. Absolutely love what you've done, completely aligned with your thinking on what we need to do.
Emma Huntingdon Chief Executive Officer, Admiral Pioneer
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