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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

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

A Book, The Accidental Strategist
A Book, The Accidental Strategist
A Book, The Accidental Strategist
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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.

A Book, The Accidental Strategist
A Book, The Accidental Strategist
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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.

A Book, The Accidental Strategist

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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

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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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The Great Unbundling: How Agentic AI Will Reshape the $150 Billion SaaS Industry

We're entering the age of agentic AI, autonomous software agents capable of performing complex work that previously required dozens or even hundreds of human operators. And when one AI agent can replace fifty human seats, the entire economic foundation of modern SaaS begins to crumble.

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Strategy

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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