(why AI makes this CEO-critical ability more valuable than ever) For the last six months, your organisation has been buzzing with AI. Every VP came to you with a new, data-backed, AI-polished plan...
The Judgment Bottleneck
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Comment Wars
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Just leaving this here…Compared to Youtube, Reddit and Facebook, LinkedIn is relatively free from comment wars.I think for the same reason there are so many lurkers – you don’t want...
Why People Do What They Do
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7 Frameworks for human behaviour Millions of lives have been changed, and billions of dollars of sales made – by the application of these frameworks for understanding human behaviour.Timeless...
The most sublime moment of my 50 years
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(and what it taught me about business development) It’s 6am on a Tuesday and I feel movement in the bed next to me.Barely awake, I know what’s next and wince.Not now.Our 2 year old Lyra often wakes...
Why Your Pitch Deck Is a Liability in a Down Market
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When your story is no longer an asset. For a decade, the venture landscape operated under a single, powerful assumption: capital was cheap, and vision was scarce. The pitch deck was the sacred text...
The Institutional Scrutiny Checklist
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7 Narrative Vulnerabilities That Could Take Double Digit Points Off Your Funding Valuation The venture story that secured your last round has become a liability. Here’s how to pressure-test your...
9 Things you barely notice today but would miss desperately if they were gone
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When I’m 14 years old, a serious man in a white coat tells me I’ll be blind within 3 years.I’m terrified.How am I going to cope?Will mum have to look after me forever?I’m in...
“Strategic Misalignment” Is a Polite Term for a Failed Narrative
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You see friction, wasted cycles, and departmental silos. You call it “strategic misalignment.” The diagnosis is wrong. You’re treating the symptoms of a deeper disease: a failed narrative...
I get to do this
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It’s midnight and I’m deep in flow at my desk.The baby monitor flashes as it detects sound in the nursery.I sigh with exasperation. I know what’s next.Seconds later Lyra’s...
Finding Your Why
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I’ve personally helped dozens of leaders in tech, wellness, wealth management and contract manufacturing find their Why.No matter the industry, this much is true:It’s easy to get caught...