8 essays
The annual plan soothes more than it predicts. When volatility is the baseline, get good at deciding well and often, not at forecasting it any better.
Gerber taught founders to build a business that runs without them. My new free book is about building one that can think for itself — and stays yours.
Being needed built the business. Around twenty people, it starts to cap growth. How to audit your week and choose what genuinely needs your judgement.
Org charts show who reports to whom. Capability maps show where decisions actually happen. In AI-first businesses, only one reveals how work gets done
iRobot’s bankruptcy reveals an uncomfortable truth: patent protection can become a sedative that dulls competitive instincts.
The Budget boosts infrastructure and R&D but ignores the deeper puzzle: UK firms underinvest because too many lack the management capability to deploy capital well.
Companies adding AI to old structures fail. Learn why organisations must be redesigned around AI—not just enabled by it—to gain exponential advantage.
The US is falling into the same trap that killed Kodak and Blockbuster — but this time it's happening at a national level with renewable energy.