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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 by hand instead of dictating, meeting in person instead of calling (which is tough for an introvert like me), or learning something from scratch instead…
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Modern Finance Leadership: Behaviour change is the real finance challenge now.
Cost-cutting may have eased, but modern finance leadership now faces a deeper challenge: shaping behaviour, trust and control in fast-moving European organisations. Over the past year, I have found myself thinking more deliberately about what modern finance leadership really requires, because although the headlines are calmer than they were during the crisis years, the underlying…
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When a Nation Sings, a Team Stands Taller
In a recent post, I looked at what makes great teams truly great. It’s not just about talent, tactics, or leadership in Marketing 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,…
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From marketing to finance: rethinking the 4 Ps for modern CFOs
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,…