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Thought Leadership

Why trade uncertainty isn’t the real problem Everyone’s watching the trade talks. I’m watching something more dangerous. Across Canada, I’m seeing companies freeze. Investment in people – paused. Investment in …

Short-Cutting Process Breeds the Next Corporate Scandal When leaders trumpet results and dismiss the “plumbing” that produces them, the organization’s moral compass drifts, controls erode, and risk snowballs, often invisibly, …

The playbook that repositions risk from overhead to advantage Risk used to sit on the expense line, something you paid lawyers and auditors to keep at bay. That worldview is …

What are we really doing while we wait to “notch a point,” and does the point even matter? From ledgers to Balanced Scorecards Score-keeping has been a part of commerce …

A Business Thriller About the Capacity Cliff Picture a night highway outside the city: headlights white‑knuckle the asphalt, engines humming at the red line. For a mile or two, the …

Successful Execution
The Meaning of "The Gap Between Strategy and Execution"
One of the best ways to serve my clients is for both of us to be on the same page right from the start. Today...
Keystone
The Keystone Business System
To capture the significance of a keystone, let’s first put it in perspective. A keystone in architecture...
Effectiveness first - then assess the efficiency level to achieve your ultimate level of productivity.
Which would you rather achieve: Effectiveness or Efficiency
Since the dawn of the first Industrial Revolution (1760-1814), businesses have struggled to achieve a...
Ideas
Which is the Bigger Risk - Creative Solutions or the Status Quo
This is the time of year numerous reports and research papers release new insights about what CEO’s...
The ONE Door
Where is the Thinking Leading Us?
We need a reality check on the many ‘studies’ that have been published in recent months about various...
Different - Confused
Create an Advantage While Confronting Uncertainty
In my last post (via video), I spoke about the three crises we’ve lived through over the past 20 years....
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