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Thoughts & News

9 Mar 2026

Culture Work Without Commercial Intent Is Just Theatre

For service and knowledge businesses, culture isn't something that sits alongside the product, it is the product. Get that wrong and you'll quickly destroy value. Give People and Performance focus measure to win.

Board table showing how culture can be an operating advantage

28 Feb 2026

Everyone Wants to Be in the Off-Site Photo. They Disappear When It's Time to Execute.

Why does everyone disappear after the Strategy Away Day? Creating real enterprise value requires equal commitment to people centric execution.

Executive Leadership Team Around a Strategy Board

16 Feb 2026

The AI Talent Blind Spot: Don't Let Your Technology Strategy Outpace Your Talent Strategy

One of the biggest asks from business right now is help with 'AI Strategy.' What inevitably starts as a Tech question quickly turns into a Talent one.

Technology and Talent must be part of an integrated strategy

19 Dec 2025

AI Transformation focused on Tech, not Transformation or Talent

93% of AI budgets are going into the tech, with just 7% into the people expected to use it.

Majority of AI investment is going into Tech not the Talent or Transformation

13 Nov 2025

Who owns how we meet?

We all suffer from pointless meetings and the productivity drain they bring, but who’s actually responsible for fixing the system?

A meeting room full of annoyed people talking about meetings about meetings

22 Aug 2025

Anyone else getting KPI whiplash?

Lurching from one metric to another creates confusion and hampers strategic clarity

Multiple KPIs are hitting Rachel Reeves' ability to drive a clear strategic narrative

5 Aug 2025

Video: Smart strategies are nothing without a focus on execution

Watch my interview with The Current

Image promoting Tom's interview at The Current in Cannes

23 Jul 2025

Podcast: Evolving from operator to orchestrator

Listen to my podcast with Baringa on building connected, agile organizations and navigating the integration of AI in the workplace

Mansi Patel and Tom Amies-Cull
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