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The Focusing Question

You know the feeling. You are stuck. Something needs to change. But every option feels important. So…you do nothing. That’s the Confidence Gap. You know what to do. But you hesitate anyway. There is a way out. It begins with one simple question. The Focusing Question This is the question that frames the work you […]

The Confidence Game

Why you know what to do…but don’t do it. Lately, we’ve been following a narrative arc. We started with CFA: Choice, Focus, Action. The operating system of strategy. We moved on to The Strategy Stack. Five questions every organization must answer to act effectively. Last we, I gave you The Strategic Health Scorecard. A diagnostic […]

The Narrative Economy of Finance

Why Blue Owl and Bill Ackman sell stories you want to believe—and what the numbers actually reveal. Blue Owl and Bill Ackman sell stories you want to believe…but what do the numbers really say? Finance loves a narrative. Bitcoin will replace gold. “Housing prices never go down.” Tulip bulbs traded for houses. The internet “changes […]

Your Strategy is Probably Backwards: The Strategy Stack

Last week, I taught you about CFA: Choice. Focus. Action. The three movements of execution. Strategy expressed. Here’s the thing: there’s a series of decisions you need to make before you get to CFA. Too many organizations jump right to action. Motion feels like strategy. It’s not. Then wonder why they’re drifting. To make CFA […]

$1.7 Trillion and the Question No One Asked…

Strategy is everywhere. In the arts. Sports. Government. Even finance. The quiet decisions that make an organization thrive or drift. Most people saw Blue Owl’s recent headlines about a $1.4 billion loan sale and halted redemptions and thought…liquidity. I saw strategy. Or, the lack of one. A $1.7 trillion industry that hasn’t answered the only question […]