Clear thinking on what actually holds strategy together — and what pulls it apart.
Quarterly intelligence, essays, and the occasional uncomfortable question. Written for founders and senior leaders who'd rather see what's building than be surprised by it.
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State of Strategy Report
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Quarterly intelligence for leaders who need to see what's building — before it becomes expensive.
Each edition identifies the signals most organisations are missing, quantifies what they cost when ignored, and gives leaders the diagnostic questions to find them in their own organisations.
Q3 2026 · The Alignment Gap
Most organisations don't fail because their strategy is wrong. They fail because the business isn't aligned to it. This quarter's briefing maps eight signals building in organisations right now — what's driving them, what they cost when missed, and what to do about each one.
The long view
Shorter pieces on alignment, decision-making, and why most strategy problems aren't strategy problems.
"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."
Peter Drucker