Whose Strategy Is Healthcare?

US healthcare is sub-optimization at scale, and strategy depends on whose seat you take.

AI as Your Second Brain

How executives can use AI as a thinking partner for pressure-testing ideas without outsourcing their judgment or voice

The Consulting Hourglass

Consulting careers follow an hourglass shape: broad generalist, narrow specialist, broad generalist again.

Ten Tests of Strategy

Most company strategies pass fewer than four of ten rigorous tests. Find your gaps.

Big Lie of Strategic Planning

Strategic planning reduces fear but often replaces real strategy with spreadsheets.

How a Famous Strategy Firm Collapsed

A once-elite strategy consulting firm's bankruptcy shows how prestige alone cannot prevent collapse.

Write Down Key Takeaways

Spending two minutes on a key takeaway transforms passive learning into active mastery.

Why Supply Chain Matters

Supply chain drives revenue, shapes strategy and tests global coordination daily.

Essentialism Do Less Better

Essentialism rejects doing more and demands fewer, better choices.

Saying "No" in Public

How leaders can decline opportunities, demands, or expectations in ways that reinforce focus and strengthen strategic identity

Why Bezos Bought a Newspaper

Investment, journalism, vanity and business model logic all explain the Post deal.

What Management Consulting Really Means

Management consulting spans a global industry, a coveted career path and a distinct problem-solving method.