• W42 - 18 Oct 2026 - When Your Leadership Model Becomes Your Ceiling
    Oct 18 2026
    This week we examine why the organisational structures that drove past success are increasingly holding companies back, exploring a gaming company's leadership overhaul, the exodus of women from senior roles, and emerging accountability gaps in AI deployment. You'll hear what three seemingly separate challenges reveal about the future of organisational design.
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    20 min
  • W41 - 11 Oct 2026 - Leading Through Disruption: The CEO Playbook for AI-Era Organisations
    Oct 11 2026
    This week we examine the practical realities of modern leadership through three critical lenses: what KPMG's new CEO faces in professional services, the non-negotiable decisions McKinsey says leaders must retain, and the workforce capabilities organisations need to remain competitive as AI reshapes work. Get the insights that separate strategic intent from executable leadership.
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    22 min
  • W40 - 4 Oct 2026 - The Hesitation Problem: Who's Ready to Lead Now
    Oct 4 2026
    We examine why capable leaders pause before stepping into the top role, and what that reluctance reveals about leadership today. Plus, why McKinsey's latest research on CEO-led AI transformation is reshaping how executives should think about their core responsibility.
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    22 min
  • W39 - 27 Sep 2026 - Where Strategy Lives: Proximity or Structure?
    Sep 27 2026
    As organisations reshape their leadership architecture, we examine whether strategic capabilities belong in the C-suite or embedded throughout the structure. This week explores the tension between centralised oversight and distributed ownership, and what your organisational design reveals about where decisions really get made.
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    12 min
  • W38 - 20 Sep 2026 - The Pipeline Problem: Judgment in the Post-AI Workplace
    Sep 20 2026
    If AI absorbs the structured work that entry-level roles were built around, where does the next generation of senior judgment come from? This week: Satya Nadella on human control versus oversight, Salesforce's deliberate approach to the apprenticeship gap, and what Adidas and Axios reveal about the leadership discipline of stopping things.
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    20 min
  • W37 - 13 Sep 2026 - Culture at Scale: When Growth Becomes the Enemy
    Sep 13 2026

    We examine how organisations maintain coherent culture as they expand, the structural decisions that either preserve or erode values, and why most scaling efforts fail on the human side. You'll also hear what retention data reveals about leadership blind spots and how AI is shifting which decisions still require human judgment.

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    20 min
  • W36 - 6 Sep 2026 - The Mechanisms That Keep Strategy Honest
    Sep 6 2026
    Most organisations test their strategy constantly, but rarely examine whether the people, behaviours and assumptions driving execution remain fit for purpose. This week, we explore the hidden systems that separate organisations that adapt from those that drift.
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    22 min
  • W35 - 30 Aug 2026 - The Decision Layer: Who Needs to Stay When AI Arrives
    Aug 30 2026
    As artificial intelligence accelerates decision-making across organisations, the middle management question becomes urgent: which leadership roles still justify their seat at the table? This episode examines how the structure of command itself is being redrawn, and what your leadership team should be debating now.
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    20 min