BMT management consultant named as finalist in the MCA Awards

BMT is proud to be recognised as a finalist in the prestigious MCA Awards 2026. We are delighted that one of our management consulting experts has been shortlisted for Thought Leader Consultant of the Year.

Dr Tim Curtis is a Fellow of the Systems & Complexity in Organisation professional body and has been actively involved improving awareness in systems thinking for 30 years across consulting and as an academic. He has worked extensively across government, charities and the private sector including defence, central government and policing, ports, energy and wastes management to improve safety, security and sustainability.

Tim has created a distinctive and original intellectual architecture for understanding, diagnosing and delivering complex transformation work that has reshaped consulting practice across BMT and influenced the wider profession. Their thought leadership spans more than fifty essays, numerous thought pieces, weekly provocations, long form analyses and multimedia explainers.

Together, this body of work synthesises systems thinking, organisational behaviour, stakeholder dynamics and practical consulting methods into a coherent worldview that enables consultants to understand complexity without oversimplifying it.

At the centre of this contribution is the BMT Business Strategy & Transformation Playbook, a 500 page methodology built upon the models, frameworks and behavioural insights the nominee has developed and socialised over several years. The Playbook and the Strategy Canvas that underpins it is now used across government transformation, policing and port planning assignments, shaping diagnostic approaches, operating model design and early stage decision making. Even where individual tools are not explicitly referenced, the underlying thinking has become embedded in the firm’s consulting DNA.

Colleagues across BMT now use concepts Tim has introduced such as strategic pressures, stakeholder microclimates and behavioural conditions as shared language for diagnosing problems and structuring engagements. His work has strengthened capability development, supported graduate onboarding and informed the firm’s consulting R&D roadmap.

Ewan Glen, Head of Management Consultancy Capability at BMT, highlights Tim's contribution;

"Tim’s thought leadership reflects the very best of BMT’s values, combining intellectual rigour with a genuine passion for sharing knowledge. His work not only defines new ways of thinking about transformation, but actively brings people with him, creating rich discussion across our teams and contributing to the broader professional and academic community. In doing so, he is driving both innovation and lasting impact within our organisation and beyond."

Beyond BMT, Tim's essays, commentary and multimedia content reach thousands of practitioners and are discussed in academic forums including Manchester Metropolitan University, the Open University and Hull University.

Congratulations to Tim and the BMT team!