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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 …

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The Gatekeepers Must Not Reinforce the Status Quo
A post in a newsfeed this week caught not only my attention but also my ire.  The statement was “Consultants...
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The 'Greats' Go to Abilene
I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to wonder what is really happening in business in this ‘post-COVID’...
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What I Learned About Sharing Knowledge
When Aristotle said “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” I believe those who quoted...
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Taking Control and Responsibility for Burnout
At the outset of the Industrial Revolution, known as the Age of Mass Production, Frederick Taylor published...
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On the Edge of a Shift in Decision and Risk Paradigms
I’m prompted to write this because of an article I was reading earlier.  The following paragraph jumped...
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Being of Service
During the past few weeks, I’m getting an average of 4 surveys a week. That is a lot of surveys. One,...
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