The Power of Positioning: Learn how real competitive advantage isn't about outperforming competitors, but positioning your business to win before the fight even begins.

Strategic Intelligence & Focus: Use the Strategic Intelligence Map and Strategic Focus Audit to gain clarity, identify true strengths, and eliminate resource-draining noise. Navigating Competition Smarter: Discover 6 strategic moves to outmanoeuvre competitors through differentiation, repositioning, and strategic avoidance.

Mastering Timing & Decision-Making: Leverage momentum, overcome leadership ego, and make deliberate, highly successful strategic decisions.

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In this season finale of the Sun-Tzu mini-series, our host Mike brings nine episodes of wisdom together into a practical playbook.

This episode translates the ancient text into a straightforward decision-making system you can put into practice straight away. You will also get a simple 10-minute weekly strategic audit to run with your team, along with a fresh look at why The Art of War is best understood as an ancient business manual for human behaviour under pressure.

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In Part 9 of "Sun Tzu and the Art of Business," we tackle the 10 most frequently asked questions from business leaders about applying Sun Tzu's ancient strategic wisdom to modern business challenges.

Today, you'll discover why business strategy today isn't about fighting harder (it's about positioning better), managing information ethically, building strategic leverage, and mastering executive psychology.

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In this episode of the Leaders in Strategy podcast, Mike and his group of guest experts unpack the defining operational, economic, and technological challenges facing business leaders in 2026.

From mastering AI implementation to protecting cash flow and targeting profitable Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs), we 're having a practical discussion that provides actionable frameworks to convert market disruption into sustainable competitive advantage.

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Scaling a business requires a clear balance of strategic vision, optimised operations, and practical execution.

This week we're taking a break from Sun Tzu & in the latest episode we round-up some of the top tips from Season four.

Our industry experts share their best actionable advice on marketing alignment, customer journey mapping, technical SEO, leadership models, and integrating AI into modern operations.

Which area did you find most useful?

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In this episode of our Sun Tzu & The Art of War mini-series, we dive into the internal game of strategy, looking at composure, ego, fear, and decision-making under pressure.

Have you ever realised that great strategies rarely fail on paper, but they fail in practice when emotions take over? Today we are learning how to stop ego and fear from distorting your business decisions, discover why clear thinking under pressure is your ultimate competitive advantage, and get a practical 4-step framework to protect your clarity when the stakes are high.

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Execution means nothing without good timing.

In this installment of our Sun Tzu series, we analyse how ancient military principles apply to modern business operations, specifically around knowing when to launch an initiative, when to hold back, and how to build momentum in uncertain conditions.

If you have ever launched a product too early or hesitated on a decision until the opportunity passed, this guide provides a practical framework to evaluate organisational readiness and read market signals effectively.

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