What if clarity comes from moving? We tend to think that knowing should come before doing. We understand the situation, gather information, consider alternatives, decide what to do, and then act. The same logic often shapes how we approach our careers and lives: understand what we want, choose a destination, make a plan, and start […]
When AI Capability Moves Faster Than Governance When AI Capability Moves Faster Than Governance A provocative question for boards of commercial, public and governmental organisations: Is your organisation increasing its AI capability faster than its ability to understand, govern and safely absorb it? And there may be an equally important second question: Is AI capability […]
Recognising when the old playbook has stopped working – and finding direction before we know the destination Success teaches us what works. Organisations build capabilities, routines and ways of making decisions from accumulated experience. But success creates its own vulnerability: the more often a particular way of thinking has produced results, the harder it can […]
From a defined role to new possibilities for identity, contribution and renewal What happens when a successful executive career no longer provides the map for what comes next? After decades of building organisations, leading people and taking on increasing responsibility, the next chapter may not be another full-time executive role. It may become a combination […]
Why boards may need to start governing for renewal Sustainability is now firmly established on many board agendas. Companies measure emissions, assess supply-chain risks, formulate transition plans and prepare increasingly sophisticated disclosures. This represents real progress. But it also raises an uncomfortable question: Have organisations become better at reporting sustainability than at imagining sustainable businesses? […]
Why navigating uncertainty can also be an opportunity to reconsider what comes next When the world changes faster than our assumptions, experience can become both an advantage and a constraint. Experienced leaders become good at recognising patterns. They have seen situations before, learned what works and developed ways of interpreting what is happening around them. […]
Why leading through uncertainty requires different questions about risk, judgement and action Leadership is often described as the ability to make good decisions. Behind that sits a reassuring assumption: gather enough information, analyse the alternatives, manage the risks, and eventually the right answer will emerge. But many consequential decisions no longer work that way. AI, […]
For the past few years, boards have mostly asked one question about artificial intelligence: how do we control it? That question was reasonable, even necessary. But it is no longer sufficient. AI is moving from a tool employees use to work faster into something closer to an operational actor — a system that can analyse, […]
Europe’s competitiveness challenge is usually discussed in terms of regulation, fragmented markets, capital, energy and the widening innovation gap with the United States and China. Mario Draghi’s The Future of European Competitivenessprovides one of the clearest diagnoses of these structural challenges. Yet competitiveness is also shaped much closer to home: through thousands of decisions made […]
We are living and leading through a period in which many assumptions we have relied on are being challenged. Technology is developing at extraordinary speed, geopolitical conditions are shifting, business models are being disrupted, and expectations on leaders and boards continue to grow. Yet much of our thinking about leadership still rests on an old […]