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Strategic Insights

6 February 2026

Who Killed Performance?

From The Series of Serious Corporate Mysteries — a CEO investigates why her company keeps missing targets, and uncovers the real, science-backed culprits behind a stalled performance culture.

The Balance Sheet with Learning, Belonging and Culture

Organizational Culture

24 January 2026

The Balance Sheet with Learning, Belonging and Culture

Why the most significant drivers of a company's valuation — Learning, Belonging, and Culture — never appear on a traditional balance sheet, and what that costs a business that ignores them.

Leadership

4 March 2026

The Quest for the Vanishing Owners

From The Series of Serious Corporate Mysteries — a crisis reveals what happens when nobody in an organization feels true ownership, and how to rebuild it.

The Silent Partner: AI Prompts to Sharpen How You Lead

Leadership

15 February 2026

The Silent Partner: AI Prompts to Sharpen How You Lead

Leadership gets lonelier as feedback loops fade with seniority. Practical AI prompts leaders can use as a candid sparring partner to sharpen decisions.

Leadership

2 September 2026

Leadership Is Simple: You Just Have to Get 50+ Things Right!

Burnout isn't a personal failing, it's an enterprise risk. A real five-part framework — anchoring values, clarifying ambition, aligning strategy to resources, executing with upward subtraction, and building in strategic renewal — for leading without breaking.

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