(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...
Comment Wars
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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...