Organisational Culture Change With Minds, Systems and Technology
“How do we fix our Culture?” Founders and Boards ask me this more often than any other question, and it
Leadership & Management
Why Your Serviceable Obtainable Market Changes the Day You Change the Execution Plan
Most growth papers put two numbers in front of a board, and both of them look equally solid. Directors treat
Decision-Making Framework: Why Your Business Keeps Fixing the Same Problem
Every leadership team has a problem it has already fixed more than once. It might be the customer complaint that
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
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
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
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
The ‘Titanic Mask’
Why predictable business failures keep happening, and who pays the price The RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 —
Winning and Success Are Slowly Draining Us
There is a quiet crisis running through the professional world, and it has nothing to do with the economy, geopolitics,
Boards, Family CEOs, and the Question Most People Ask Wrong
Walk through enough sub-$100M ARR businesses and a clean split appears. On one side, family-run firms with 50 to 200