Notes on Growth, Leadership and Decision
Perspectives for founders, CEOs, shareholders and boards navigating growth, leadership and consequential decisions.
The First 72 Hours: Leading Through a Reputation Crisis
A reputation crisis is rarely decided by the event itself. It is decided by what leaders do — and fail to do — in the first seventy-two hours.
Succession Is a Strategy, Not an Event
In most family businesses, succession is discussed as a date. In the ones that last for generations, it is managed as a strategy — one that starts years before anyone steps down.
The CEO's Blind Spot: Why the Top Job Needs a Shadow Advisor
The higher a leader rises, the less the truth reaches them unfiltered. The most effective CEOs build a deliberate counterweight: one person whose only agenda is the quality of their decisions.
The Founder’s Dilemma
When the very traits that built the company begin to constrain it.
Boardroom Alchemy
How real decisions get made in the room — and around it.
Reading the Signals
The quiet indicators that precede most governance crises.
The Silent Partner
The value of a counterpart who owes you only the truth.
From Vision to Empire
Scale rewards structure — not more of the founder.
Strategic Leadership in Times of Crisis
In a crisis, clarity is the scarcest resource — and the decisive one.