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On business transformation, innovation strategy and the leadership choices that decide whether change sticks.
Reading the curve: how to spot an inflection point before your P&L does
Most transformations start a year too late. The warning signs were there, but they sat in the rate of change, not in the numbers leaders watch.
12 Nov 2026
Your innovation portfolio is probably three bets in disguise
Companies report dozens of initiatives. Group them by the assumption each one depends on, and most collapse into a handful of overlapping bets.
29 Oct 2026
Cost programme or transformation? Be honest about which one you are running
Both are legitimate. Calling one by the other's name is what makes people cynical about change.
15 Oct 2026
Start by stopping: the first 90 days of a transformation set its ceiling
What leaders stop, fund and say in the first quarter decides how far people believe the change can go.
2 Oct 2026
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