Leadership thinking.

August 2026 · 4 min read

Buying the tools and appointing a Head of AI looks decisive on the org chart, but it rarely changes what anyone does every morning. The return on AI lives in adoption - and adoption is a people problem, owned by someone inside the building.

July 2026 · 4 min read

Ask anyone what CEO stands for and you'll get the same three words: Chief Executive Officer. Accurate and almost useless. The truth is hiding in the middle letter - and the five 'E's that matter most map directly onto the traits I see in the highest-performing CEOs.

June 2026 · 3 min read

Conference season is in full swing, but amid all the AI buzz and platform talk, the real value of industry events isn't the keynotes—it's the people. The connections, the relationships, and the leadership lesson that business potential is still unlocked by people, through people.

May 2026 · 4 min read

Arsenal's Premier League title after 22 years isn't just a football story - it's a leadership one. Belief before proof, culture as a daily standard, and the psychology to cross the line when it matters most.

May 2026 · 5 min read

Most people aren't switched off - they're just not fully switched on to where their real genius lives. Competence is what you're capable of; genius is what you're wired for. The gap between the two is where most people spend most of their working lives.

May 2026 · 3 min read

Someone is given a big mandate - a title, a goal - but quietly, without anyone quite saying it out loud, they're not given the tools, the access or the decision-making power to actually deliver it. Responsibility without authority is one of the most corrosive dynamics in modern leadership, and almost nobody names it.