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Perspectives on strategy, organizational change, technology, and the craft of consulting.
Most strategy failures aren't failures of analysis — they're failures of implementation. Understanding the gap between a well-reasoned plan and actual organizational behavior is the most undervalued skill in consulting.
Generative AI is changing how knowledge workers operate — but not always in the ways that get the most attention. The biggest shifts are in the economics of research, the nature of expertise, and what it means to think carefully.
The phrase 'trusted advisor' is overused to the point of becoming meaningless. What does it actually mean to be someone an executive turns to in moments of genuine uncertainty — and how do you build that kind of relationship?