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Thought Leadership

Why execution keeps failing for predictable reasons This is Article 6 in a seven-part series examining what the NCSU 2026 Top Risks Report surfaces, and what it doesn’t. The report …

Why Speed Becomes Dangerous When Strategy Is Unclear This is the 2nd in a series of seven articles Few explanations feel as intuitively correct as this one: we’re moving too …

A seven-part executive series on why strategy, change, and risk keep disconnecting When strategy, change, and risk operate in separate orbits, something predictable happens: strategy becomes abstract, change becomes disruptive, …

We’re not “going through a rough patch” anymore. We’re living in a long hallway. That hallway is what anthropologists call a liminal space: you’ve left the old room, the new …

You’ve redesigned the office. Implemented hot-desks. Created flexible work policies. Yet nothing feels different; in fact, it might feel worse. Here’s why: You’re trying to run modern navigation software on …

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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