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: adaptive capacity and organisational tempo.
Requisite Pace: adaptive capacity and organisational tempo.
Why do some organisations respond fluidly to environmental change while others — often larger, better-resourced — struggle? Requisite Pace is a framework for diagnosing and designing the temporal structure of organisations: where they need speed, where they need stability, and how to hold both without the system fragmenting.
The framework introduces three core concepts: temporal coherence (the match between external pace and internal pace), pace debt (the accumulated cost of temporal mismatch), and the Pace Audit (a diagnostic tool for making an organisation’s temporal configuration visible to its leadership team). Currently in active development, including a simulation model and a research and testing programme.
Research in progress
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.