Lean Six Sigma 30 Years Later: The Discipline AI Needs
Lean Six Sigma may look unfashionable, but it builds exactly the disciplines AI needs: process mapping, simplification, data quality, and statistical thinking.
The Integration Map: Five Ways to Wreck a Deal
Most people think the deal is done when it is signed. It is not. Signing is the easy part. The real work starts the day after.
EBITDA and Cash Are the Results, Manage the Drivers
When margins compress and cash gets tight, most companies manage the numbers. Durable gains come from fixing what drives them.
AI Will Not Fix a Broken Operating Engine
AI pilots fail on processes that were never stabilized and data that was never governed. Technology amplifies the operating engine it is given.
JV Success Starts with Governance
A joint venture is built with two bosses by design. It only works when governance is as practical and enforceable as the shareholder agreement.
Execution: The Art of Getting the Job Done
Why does execution succeed or fail? Ten years inside General Electric’s culture of execution reveal what actually separates real delivery from busy activity.
The Deal Is Closed. The Value Is Not.
Most acquisitions fail in the months after signing. A GE story shows how fast it can happen, and how the damage gets fixed.
Struggling to Scale AI? Hire Senior Leaders
AI pilots rarely scale on their own. Companies need senior operators who can redesign workflows and turn AI ambition into measurable business performance.
Anatomy of an Integration Recovery
Contracts uninvoiced for six months, taxes unpaid, drivers stopped by the police. Inside a GE integration recovery, and the method that saved the business.
Operating Cadence: Turning Strategy into Execution
Operating cadence turns strategy into a weekly rhythm of KPIs, ownership, and decisions, the discipline that separates execution from a strategy deck.
