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Essays, video briefings and commentary on strategy, transformation and the mechanics of execution. Written from engagements, not from theory.

Published fortnightlyThree registers: essays, video briefings, commentaryPositions are the author’s; evidence is the Institute’sArchive complete since January 2025
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Australia’s data-centre boom is becoming an infrastructure problem

Australia’s data-centre build-out is not short of investor interest. The harder question is where these facilities can actually be built. Hyperscale and AI facilities need power, water and connectivity at scale, which makes this a siting problem rather than a land problem.

Field Notes19 August 20263 min
Commentary
NewAustralia’s data-centre boom is becoming an infrastructure problemCapital is not the constraint. The constraint is finding sites where the power, water and connectivity already exist.19 August 2026 · 3 min
Essay
NewThe discipline of fewer prioritiesConcurrent priorities behave like load on a structure. This essay works out where the limit sits.14 July 2026 · 8 min read
Video
Briefing: reading an operating model in ninety minutesA recorded walkthrough of the first diagnostic session we run inside any engagement.June 2026 · 22 min
Commentary
On the return of the operating committeeA quiet structural shift is underway in mid-market governance. Most boards have not noticed.June 2026 · 4 min
Essay
Decision velocity is a balance-sheet itemSlow decisions carry a carrying cost. We put a number on it across 40 organisations.May 2026 · 11 min
Essay
The implementation gap, quantifiedStrategy documents promise 100%. Operations deliver 34%, on median. Where the other two-thirds go.April 2026 · 12 min
Video
Briefing: sequencing a transformation portfolioWhich initiatives go first, which wait, and the test that decides.April 2026 · 18 min
Commentary
AI programmes are transformation programmesTreating AI adoption as an IT project is the fastest way to write it off. A note on ownership.March 2026 · 5 min
Essay
What boards should ask in month threeThe early signals that separate a transformation that will hold from one that will drift.February 2026 · 9 min
Commentary
Against the two-year roadmapLong roadmaps flatter certainty that does not exist. Commit in drawn phases instead.January 2026 · 4 min