How Culture will save or kill your business

How Culture will save or kill your business

by | Feb 19, 2026 | What we think

Lessons from Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA, how culture empowered 170,000 internal entrepreneurs to secure IKEA’s business in a global catastrophe IKEA is one of the most remarkable retail success stories of recent years, built on a clever combination of affordability,...
Holy shit we’re in the soup again

Holy shit we’re in the soup again

by | Jan 29, 2026 | What we think

Lessons from CEOs successfully navigating economic and political uncertainty, social upheaval and climate change These are challenging times in which to run a business of any kind. In conversations with CEOs across sectors and geographies, the consistent message is of...
Why transformation is a function of culture not process

Why transformation is a function of culture not process

by | Sep 3, 2025 | What we think

With €13 billion in annual revenue, the Turkish white goods business Arçelik has grown into a global white goods behemoth. But how do you align 55,000 employees across 58 countries, 22 brands, and 46 production facilities behind a single strategic vision? What CEO...
Beyond profit: How a shared direction lifts performance

Beyond profit: How a shared direction lifts performance

by | Jun 19, 2025 | What we think

How do you know if purpose is working effectively in your culture?  And if it isn’t, why not? The single-minded purpose of business for the last 50 years has been simple; as exemplified in Milton Friedman’s maxim, it has been to generate profits for its shareholders....
Trust: The foundation of agile, purposeful cultures

Trust: The foundation of agile, purposeful cultures

by | Jan 31, 2025 | What we think

90% of CEOs say their business is too slow. They’re asking critical questions: How do I create an agile, high performance culture? How do I engage and align our people? How do I create trust in our business? There’s an old story about two hikers who are...