by Radko Diev | Oct 17, 2023
Adjusting Sails: PE Firms After the End of Cheap Money The era of cheap money that allowed Private Equity (PE) firms to acquire assets by leveraging cheap borrowing appears to be over. Jared Gross analyses the challenges and considerations for private equity...
by Lee Bryant | Sep 5, 2023
We are already seeing the decline of hierarchy as an organising principle for leadership in large organisations, and we have increasing evidence, such as this from Leandro Herrero, that positional authority is far less powerful than networked influence as a way to get...
by Seb Kowalski | Jun 13, 2023
A common fallacy in team working is the assumption that productivity and continuous improvement are strongly correlated, meaning that when one improves so does the other. In fact, we need to juggle both at the same time, and that means paying attention to the subtle...
by Lee Bryant | May 2, 2023
Lee considers the debate around AGI, AI as a platform and the immense potential of modular operations + AI to improve the way we build and manage organisations Making Brains vs Connecting Brains My co-founder Livio and I used to share an apartment in London in the...
by Gaby Wolferink | Nov 21, 2022
Following up on Cerys’ exploration of building data capabilities last week, I want to discuss the potential that a Data Mesh approach holds for businesses to achieve this, compared to more centralised data warehouses and data lakes (or even data lakehouses!). Perhaps...
by Livio Hughes | Oct 12, 2022
In this issue, Livio considers the cultural elements of M&A integrations and how they can be enabled by a purposeful digital workplace strategy The key role of the digital workplace in supporting successful M&A integration Big is not always beautiful Last year...