#429 – August 24, 2026 Storm-Proofing Starts Below the Waterline Hello, fellow strategists! Most leadership assumptions — that a team agrees, that today’s AI pricing will hold, that a succession plan is ready— go without review until it’s too late. This issue looks at four ways to close that gap: forging real agreement instead […]
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#428 – August 3, 2026 Decisions Are Judged Twice Hello, fellow strategists! We tend to judge our decisions by their reasoning. Everyone else judges them by how they were handled. This edition looks at the difference: at ordinary, well-intentioned habits that drain trust; why a chart naming a decision-maker often misses who actually
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#427 – July 13, 2026 Discerning the Best from the Rest Hello, fellow strategists! Judgment is the resource we need most these days — not the capacity to produce, but the capacity of taste, discerning the essential from the excess, the best from the merely adequate, the important from the merely uncomfortable. This edition
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#426 – June 22, 2026 Attention as a Leadership Strength Hello, fellow strategists! Good leadership depends on good thinking, which in turn depends on how we manage our attention. This edition looks inward before it looks outward: at the mental disciplines that help us stay clear under pressure, the communication habits that help our
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#425 – June 1, 2026 Leading Through Uncertainty Hello, fellow strategists! Leading through uncertain times begins with a clear read of the terrain — and the willingness to revise strategy as you go. This edition gathers pieces that help: questions to frame decision-making in uncertain times, growth-limiting habits worth abandoning, what intelligence professionals know
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#424 – May 9, 2026 Hearing the Unsaid, Seeing the Overlooked Hello, fellow strategists! Much of what shapes organizational performance happens below the surface — in what people choose not to say, the workarounds quietly adopted, the strategic foundations skipped in the rush to create. This edition examines the cost of silence, AI’s shadow
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#423 – April 19, 2026 Time for a New Playbook? Hello, fellow strategists! The most costly mistakes in strategy often aren’t errors of effort — they’re errors of fit and focus. Using the wrong framework, trusting the wrong signal, or pushing analysis past the point where it stops helping. In this edition, we look at
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#422 – March 29, 2026 Pushing Beyond “Good Enough” Hello, fellow strategists! Progress rarely stalls because teams lack ideas or effort. More often, it’s because “good enough” quietly becomes the standard. In this edition, we look at what it takes to push past that plateau: how superteams keep getting better, how to design AI workflows
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#421 – March 8, 2026 Making Your Next Move Hello, fellow strategists! Strategy often comes down to making better judgments when the path ahead is unclear: deciding when to persist and when to pivot, discerning which signals matter, and tweaking how everyday choices shape outcomes. In this edition, we explore filters for deciding whether to
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#420 – February 16, 2026 Advantage Begins with Positioning Hello, fellow strategists! In a noisy environment, advantage rarely comes from doing more. It comes from sharper positioning, clearer focus, and better leverage. In this edition, we explore four questions every strategy must answer; the risks of adding content instead of reframing it; the distortions created
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