Writing, research, and ideas.
Practitioners should contribute to the intellectual development of their discipline, not just consume it. This is where I share research in progress, published work, and emerging thinking on business design, organisational tempo, and sustainable enterprise.
Requisite Pace: designing organisations that can change gear
Requisite Pace: designing organisations that can change gear
Why do organisations that invest seriously in transformation still find themselves getting slower, more brittle, and harder to change? Usually because different parts of the organisation are running at different speeds - and nobody has designed how those speeds fit together. Requisite Pace is a diagnostic and design framework for what we call the changing-gears problem: the ability to create value at the right speed, across different speeds, and to change that arrangement before the world forces you to.
The framework works through four diagnostic questions - about which external clocks should shape the organisation, what pace profile is needed internally, where friction accumulates between fast and slow domains, and whether the organisation could actually change gear in time. It is currently in active development, including a diagnostic model and a programme of research and real-world testing.
The Operating Model Canvas.
Co-authored with Andrew Campbell and Mikel Gutierrez, developed from the Hult Ashridge Designing Operating Models programme. A practical framework for translating strategy into operating model design — used by thousands of practitioners and taught in executive education programmes globally.
Circular Business Model Design Guide.
Developed as an Ellen MacArthur Foundation collaborative project, whilst at PA Consulting, with The University of Exeter's Circular Economy Research Centre. A practical playbook to help business leaders identify circular opportunities and design business models that create, deliver and capture value.
Nature for Boards: A Primer.
Co-authored whilst at Korn Ferry with Chapter Zero and Pollination. Practical Board-level guidance on nature-related risks, dependencies, and governance — helping Non-Executive Directors navigate one of the fastest-moving areas of corporate responsibility.
Framework for Breakthrough Impact on the SDGs through Innovation.
Framework for Breakthrough Impact on the SDGs through Innovation.
Developed between the UN Global Compact, Volans and PA Consulting, and launched at the Web Summit in 2019. Provides practical guidance to companies on how to use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an inspiration for innovation and orient their innovation processes to better address the SDGs.
Leading for Impact.
Developed with Korn Ferry Institute and launched for COP28. Thought Leadership paper on solving the 'profit vs planet' dilemma by reinventing leadership.
Future (essays coming soon)
Short essays on business design, organisational tempo, sustainable advantage, and the implications of AI for how organisations are designed and led.