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When a Nation Sings, a Team Stands Taller
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In a recent post, I looked at what makes great teams truly great. It’s not just about talent, tactics, or leadership structures. There’s something harder to define: shared belief, collective identity and the moments that bring people together as something bigger than themselves. Last Thursday’s opening match of the 2026 Men’s Six Nations, France versus…
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AI Imitating Humans or the other way around?
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In the past few months, I’ve had the same boring conversation several times: did I really write this myself, or did an AI help? Aside from the fact that I believed it was fairly accepted practice to use AI for productivity and efficiency, I find it mildly irritating. The latest example occurred a few days ago…
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From marketing to finance: rethinking the 4 Ps for modern CFOs
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There are certain ideas that stay with you over a career. For me, one of those has always been the four Ps of marketing: Product. Price. Place. Promotion. I never thought of them as a checklist or a set of answers. Instead, they served as a mental anchor – a way to organise messy problems,…
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What Makes a Team Truly Great: Lessons From Two Days of Reflection
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Recently, I took a break from the usual daily routine to spend two full days with my leadership team. There were no dashboards, no campaigns, and no urgent decisions – just time together to pause, reflect, and explore what really makes teams work well. For someone who loves dashboards as much as I do, the…