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April 21, 2026
The Half-Life of a Decision: A Very Practical Reason Why Leaders Need to Think More Strategically
How far into the future do you need to look to determine whether the decision you’re about to make is a good one? Or perhaps
Simon Waller
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Is it time to rethink December?
The December Drift It’s easy to blame Christmas for a lack of focus in December. People are winding down, office parties are ramping up, and
Signals: The Future of Getting Old
In Simon Sees I share some of the signals I’m seeing in the world around me that indicate how the future might be different from
Doing strategy isn’t the same as being strategic
This post was inspired by an exchange I had recently with a client of mine, Rob Cornish. Rob shared with me a post he’d recently
Simon Reads: AI meets humanity Edition
… in work hours Make yourself some tea, put it in a sippy cup and then strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride of an
Your strategy is already broken (and that’s OK)
Strategic and organisational planning is a time-consuming process. For larger organisations, there may be a team that undertakes strategic planning on a near-continuous basis. But
Simon Reads: Overcoming Political Polarisation & ‘The Future’
Things I’ve been reading during work hours I found this research by the American Not For Profit, ‘Beyond Conflict‘, to be in equal parts illuminating and
Who currently gets to do strategy (and who else should you invite)?
Who’s in charge of strategy at your organisation? And who get’s invited to participate? For most organisations the list of people who get invited to
The content creators lottery
I have never really been a gambler. I don’t sink money into slot machines, I get fleeced on poker nights, and my failure to ‘get’
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