You Can't Just Flip the Switch on Empowerment
Most leaders try to flip from directive to empowered overnight. Here's why it fails - and the deliberate path through coaching that works.
6 min read
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Stop Saying "Product-Led." It's Setting You Up for Failure.
Your CEO's eyes glaze over when you say 'product-led.' Here's the reframe that gets product teams the influence they actually want.
7 min read
Does Every Team Need a Separate Strategy? When to Split Your Decision Stack
Stop splitting strategies based on org charts. Learn how to determine when teams should align vs diverge in their strategies.
8 min read
From "Grow 25%" to Real Strategy: How to Create Direction When None Exists
Stop waiting for strategy from above. Here's how you can turn vague growth targets into strategic choices that actually help deliver results.
9 min read
Stop Waiting for Permission: How to Be Strategic at Any Level
Strategy isn't just for executives. Here's how product people can build strategic thinking, challenge up, and transform wishlists into strategy.
7 min read
Why Your OKRs Are Broken
Research shows 60% of organisations fail at OKRs. Here are the 11 reasons why—and how to avoid turning a great tool into an elaborate to-do list
8 min read
Strategy into Action: Organising Teams to Execute at Pace
Is your strategy solid but execution slow? Learn how to organise teams to minimise dependencies and execute your strategy at pace with real examples.
8 min read
Fast Fashion SaaS: Will you be Shein, Hermès, or History?
Your software business is dead - unless you adopt the strategies fashion brands used to survive and thrive through their fast fashion disruption.
8 min read
AI: 10x Speed Without 10x Strategic Thinking is Just 10x Chaos
AI lets you ship 10x faster, but your customers don't have 10x more attention. Why strategic discipline beats speed in the AI gold rush.
5 min read
Strategy into Action - Finding the Courage to Make Choices
Generating strategic options is the easy part. The hard part is choosing which option to pursue and then turning that choice into reality.
9 min read
Crossing the Chasm… Inside Your Organisation
After watching countless strategies get lost in translation between the C-suite and the teams actually doing the work, I realised something: communicating strategy inside an organisation follows exactly the same rules as Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm.
7 min read
Why Less Really Is More: The Strategic Power of Subtraction
We’ve all been there. Faced with a problem—underperforming product, slowing growth, lack of organisational clarity, clunky processes—what’s the default reaction? Add something. New feature. New initiative.
3 min read