Avoiding Strategy Execution Failure: addressing the Incomplete Circles Problem
Strategy execution failure rarely looks like failure while it is happening. Most Founders can easily tell everything their business started […]
Growth & Scaling, Strategy & Business Planning
The Renewal Brief – Rapid Business Transformation
Volume – 1 I’ve spent 45 years inside businesses, and the last 14 of those in consulting and advising Boards
Post-Merger Integration – the First 100 Days matter
A Sharp Post-Merger Integration Plan Decides Whether Your Deal Creates or Destroys Value A board signs off on an acquisition
AI in ERP and CRM: What CEOs Should Know Before They Sign the Next Contract
Every enterprise software vendor — from SAP to Salesforce to Microsoft to Oracle — is now embedding AI into its
One Variable Pay Plan, Two Different Jobs: Why It Fails
Every trading company we have worked with eventually asks a version of the same question: why does variable pay energise
The Decision Execution Gap: Why CXO Teams Decide Well but Deliver Poorly
A CXO team spends a full quarter getting a decision right. They pressure-test it, argue over it, bring in outside
What Decides Consulting Engagement Success — And Why Most Firms Miss It
A consultant’s reputation is built on one thing: definitive improvement on the ground, not the quality of the deck. Strip
The Real Span of Attention: What a Traffic Light Taught Me About Leadership Focus
Most CEOs I work with believe their biggest enemy is a lack of time. After spending nearly 5 decades across
Manufacturing Business Improvement: The Four Constraints Quietly Compressing Your Margins
The plant is running, orders are shipping, revenue is coming in. And yet, every quarter you watch margins compress, your
The Problem Is Never the Problem That Was Handed to You
The Assumption Running Through Most Business Problem Solving Business problem solving carries a comfortable assumption at its centre — that