The Outsider’s Advantage
Seeing organisations from the edges
I grew up between cultures, built my career across countries, and learned early that some of the most interesting insights come from the margins. This blog is a place to think out loud about work, marketing, finance and leadership – from that vantage point. A place for CMOs, CFOs, and business leaders to reflect on what’s changing and what’s important.
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What Spend Data Reveals About the True Pace of AI Transformation
AI investment is rising sharply, but real spending patterns suggest most organisations are still experimenting rather than redesigning how they operate. I recently came across an article in The Next…
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From CFO to CEO: The Talent Question Underneath
Why the rise of the CFO-turned-CEO reveals a deeper leadership and talent pipeline challenge I recently listened to the CFO Playbook podcast with John Glasgow. It made me stop and think…
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What I Learned From Reading Two Hundred Papers
Why deep understanding still matters in leadership in the age of AI I only recently learned the term friction-maxxing. It means choosing to do things the harder way, like writing…
Topics Explored
I write about how CFOs, CMOs, and Business Leaders make decisions when the rules are changing. My work sits at the intersection of finance, marketing, leadership, and growth – exploring the mental models, trade-offs, and operating principles that help organisations scale with clarity, trust, and intent.
Progressive Finance
I focus on how finance evolves to better support CFOs and business leaders. Progressive finance is a concept I help define, to shift focus from control that slows businesses to empowerment that fosters agility.
Trust, autonomy, and accountability are built in from the start.
Marketing as a Discipline
Much of my writing draws on my experiences as a CMO: clear choices, operational rigour and structure. Frameworks like the Four Ps show how strategy becomes actionable.
I explore how this discipline translates beyond marketing into leadership, finance, and growth decisions.
Leadership in Practice
I see leadership as something you practice every day, not just a job title. I explore the balance between trust and control, speed and safety, and autonomy and accountability.
I am interested in how leaders’ actions, choices and behaviours influence business culture.
Growth with Intent
Growth is a recurring theme in my work and my career path. It is exhilarating, sometimes elusive, and almost always chaotic.
I explore how organisations scale without creating chaos or fragility. Where structure, purpose and clarity enable speed, not bureaucracy.