Pros
Credit where credit’s due, over the years 11FS have assembled some brilliant people and brilliant teams. The experience of people who have been there and built great products/businesses is/was truly unique in an industry of other consultancies that were all talk no action. We were/are in a privileged position to work on genuinely market changing propositions. And in its hayday the media team had a genuine and refreshing voice amongst the FinTech echo chamber.
Cons
Many of the opportunity 11FS has have been squandered due to exec in-fighting and politics. Huge egos and sense of entitlement means that 11FS interests were consistently put above those of its clients and customers. The culture was toxic and more value placed on you wearing the merch than living the values. The most important thing I learnt at 11FS was what time of company I didn’t want to work in and what type of leader I didn’t want to be.