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28 Oct 2026

The Leadership Bench Index
Organizational Strategy, Strategy, Growth & Coaching
What Your Leadership Bench Is Really Made Of
Most organizations have a succession plan. Far fewer have a bench. The difference shows up the moment a critical leader resigns, gets recruited away, or is asked to step up before they are ready.

8 Oct 2026

Offsites, Kickoffs and Leadership Development: Set the 2027 Calendar Now
Speakers & Thought Leadership, Strategy, Growth & Coaching
Offsites, Kickoffs and Leadership Development: Set the 2027 Calendar Now
We’ve arrived at Q4 2026, which means budgets are being built, priorities are taking shape and 2027 calendars are starting to fill. Before all of that locks in, there’s an important question worth asking: How are you intentionally bringing your leaders together next year?

30 Sep 2026

The executives who navigate this moment well will not necessarily be the ones who move the fastest. They will be the ones who know how to match acceleration with discernment.
Culture & Talent, Organizational Strategy
Are We Building Speed and Forgetting the Brakes?
We are investing enormous amounts of money, energy and executive attention into making work faster. Faster decisions, faster analysis, faster hiring, faster customer service, faster everything. Yet amid all this excitement about acceleration, we hear far less discussion about the brakes.

29 Sep 2026

Three companies scaling rapidly and simultaneously. Distinct cultures across a services business, an investing business, and a lending business — all shifting at once with an intention to keep their culture a competitive advantage and bring the teams along with the evolving businesses.
Case Studies
Growing Three Businesses Without Losing What Made Each One Work
Three companies scaling rapidly and simultaneously. Distinct cultures across a services business, an investing business, and a lending business — all shifting at once with an intention to keep their culture a competitive advantage and bring the teams along with the evolving businesses.

23 Sep 2026

When the Calendar Runs the Culture
Culture & Talent, Strategy, Growth & Coaching
When the Calendar Runs the Culture
Something dramatic has changed the culture of work, and it has nothing to do with AI. Remote work and the technology behind it changed how we do business. What we haven't done is update the operating assumptions underneath it: that presence in a meeting equals contribution.

22 Sep 2026

Fractional, Interim or FTE
Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Strategy
Name the Work, Not the Role: Six Questions To Ask
The conversation usually starts as a staffing question. It almost never stays one. Underneath it is a design question about what the organization actually needs right now, and most companies haven't built a reliable way to answer that.

9 Sep 2026

The Liminalist: Why Your AI Transition Needs a Guide, Not Just a Vendor
Leadership, Organizational Strategy
The Liminalist: Why Your AI Transition Needs a Guide, Not Just a Vendor
Your board has asked "what's our AI strategy?" in at least one meeting this quarter, and you gave an answer that sounded more confident than it felt. And here you are. Still waiting for the moment when the path forward feels obvious instead of overwhelming.

31 Aug 2026

The Orchestration Layer Gig Talent
Organizational Strategy
The Orchestration Layer
Every complex software system eventually needs one thing to work: the pieces have to talk to each other in the right order. A modern application isn't one giant program anymore. It's dozens of specialized services, each excellent at a single job, connected by something that decides who does what, when,

27 Aug 2026

Leadership in 2027: Five Generations, AI Coworkers and No Instruction Manual
Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Strategy
Leadership in 2027: Five Generations, AI Coworkers and No Instruction Manual
As we gear up for 2027, leadership is getting a significant facelift. Gone are the days when charisma and a firm handshake were all it took to lead effectively. Leaders are expected to juggle rapid technological advancements, shifting workplace dynamics and evolving employee expectations. It's not just about making decisions,
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