Ideas on leadership, strategy and how work actually works
Transformation is messy. Leadership is harder than the frameworks suggest.
This is where I write about what I see, what the research says, and what I actually think. Some of it is practical. Some of it will challenge the way you think about work.
Topics range from making strategy real and building leadership capability, the quiet fear epidemic running through modern workplaces, what neuroscience actually tells us about performance, how AI is reshaping the way we work and lead, and why being a decent human being is still the most underrated leadership skill there is.
No theory for theory's sake. Just ideas worth your time.
Busy Doesn't Mean Effective: Are You Measuring Work or Results?
Teams default to measuring outputs because that’s easier—tasks completed, calls made, reports delivered. But at the end of the year, the outcomes never materialised. This isn't a capability problem, it's a design problem. Most organisations aren't set up to activate strategic thinking—they're designed for task completion. Here's how to shift from measuring busyness to measuring what actually matters.
The Missing Middle: Why Most Organisations Struggle to Execute Strategy
The strategy is solid. The team is capable. But somewhere between "here's where we're going" and "here's what we're doing about it," everything gets fuzzy. That's where the damage happens—and it snowballs all year because of it.
The Capability Myth (and why your best people still can't do their best work)
Most organisations blame people for not thinking strategically—then wonder why training doesn't fix it. Here's the uncomfortable truth: it's not a capability gap, it's a systems gap. Discover how Design for Thinking helps you structure work around how brains actually function.