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How CEOs build companies that can move forward
Strategy, boards, investors, executive teams, a culture of performance and modern management models. Research, ideas from management thinkers and practical tools for CEOs.
Ideas for better decisions
What is a CEO? Responsibility for the company as a whole
The CEO is the most senior executive. Their job is to set the direction of the business and build a system in which people, capital and decisions create long-term value.
Read article02 / StrategyCorporate strategy for the year: choices, resources and review
Strategy is a coherent set of choices about where a company creates value, how it gains an advantage and where it directs scarce resources. An annual strategy is more than a budget or a list of projects: it sets priorities for the existing business and the conditions for reviewing them.
Read article03 / Launch strategyBusiness launch strategy: from a customer problem to the first sustainable model
A launch strategy is not a scaled-down annual corporate plan. Its purpose is to choose a customer and a problem, test demand, economics and delivery capability before making large, irreversible investments.
Read article04 / Capital and resourcesCapital allocation: turn priorities into real commitments
Strategy becomes real when budgets, teams and executives’ attention change. The CEO’s role is to decide which opportunities receive resources and which stop receiving them.
Read article05 / InvestorsWhat investors expect from a CEO: a story backed by evidence
An investor needs more than a promise of growth: they need a clear logic of value creation—where the company earns, where it invests, how it controls risks and which signals show progress.
Read article06 / Board of directorsThe CEO and the board: collaboration without replacing each other’s roles
A strong board does not run the company in place of the CEO, and the CEO does not reduce its work to formal approval. The quality of the relationship depends on a clear mandate, timely information and the ability to work together on difficult decisions.
Read article07 / TeamThe C-suite team: shared outcomes instead of competition between functions
The executive team must manage interdependencies: between product and sales, growth and liquidity, technology and people. These trade-offs cannot be contained within a single department.
Read article08 / Management modelsFrom hierarchy to autonomous teams: how to choose a management model
A modern company does not have to choose between control and freedom as two extremes. The CEO designs different ways to coordinate different work: where a standard is needed, where a fast local decision is needed, and where shared expertise is needed.
Read article09 / Organisational modelOrganise around work: what matters more than the organisation chart
An organisation chart shows reporting lines. An operating model explains how value is created: who decides, how work flows, where data comes from and what the system rewards.
Read article10 / DecisionsDelegation: freedom to act with clear accountability
Scaling requires more and more sound decisions to be made without the CEO. That takes context, competence, authority and clear boundaries.
Read article11 / Performance and cultureHigh standards without losing the ability to learn
High standards mean clear outcomes, accountability and honest feedback. A learning culture helps people spot mistakes and change how they work without lowering quality expectations.
Read article12 / Goals and performanceHow to implement OKRs: from strategic priorities to verifiable results
A practical guide for CEOs and team leaders: how to choose objectives, define key results and establish regular reviews.
Read article13 / Working rhythmC-suite meetings: time for decisions, not status recaps
The quality of a meeting is determined by the decision or shared understanding it creates. A status update that can be read does not always need an hour together.
Read article14 / Management systemThe CEO operating system: connect strategy, facts and action
A management system is a repeatable way to see reality, make decisions, allocate resources and review results. A dashboard alone is not such a system.
Read article15 / Innovation and successionThe learning CEO: maintain speed without a cult of indispensability
The CEO’s task is to sustain the company’s ability to find new solutions and develop people who can lead it in the future. Individual talent is no substitute for a learning system.
Read article16 / Company governanceCorporate governance: authority, decisions and control
Governance is the system that brings order to a company: who sets direction, who makes decisions, how management levels interact, where resources go and how people are held accountable for results. It operates both in the boardroom and in teams’ everyday work.
Read article17 / AI and businessAI transformation: from personal convenience to company economics
AI becomes a transformation when it changes the product, the economics or the way value is created. Giving employees access to models is not enough.
Read articleAI leadership and operating design
Who has the right to disagree with AI?
How leaders can define escalation, accountability and human judgement when AI influences important decisions.
Read analysis02 / Operating modelThe COO’s role in agentic AI transformation
What changes in operations, governance and executive ownership when AI agents become part of the operating model.
Read analysis03 / AI governanceClosing the trust gap in autonomous systems
A practical leadership view of oversight, transparency and trust in increasingly autonomous business systems.
Read analysis04 / Executive leadershipThe COO in the AI era
How operations leaders can redesign processes, capabilities and decision systems for AI-enabled execution.
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Tools and approaches
From the CEO mandate to the management calendar
CEO mandate · Decision memo · Portfolio of strategic bets · CEO performance dashboard · Authority matrix · Management calendar
Explore templates09 / Consulting approachesHow consultants approach the CEO’s work
Compare approaches to organisation, transformation, decisions and execution.
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