By 2030, the Fibre Winners Will Look Inevitable
3rd March 2026
The Contenders Are Clear. The Outcome Is Not The UK fibre story has been nearly a decade in motion. Serious ambition...
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Strategy Execution
Program Execution Risks Are Baked-in Before Delivery Begins
3rd March 2026
Every major program is built on assumptions Every program begins with a plan. Every plan rests on assumptions. Some are informed. Many...
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The Strategy Is Usually Right
3rd February 2026
Execution Capability Is Where Value Is Won or Lost A brief for boards on what has changed in execution - and...
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How Telcos Turn Supplier Management into Competitive Advantage
16th January 2026
Telco Integrations - The Game has Changed Suppliers now deliver most of the work in major telco integration programs - often...
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Why Large Programs Run on Guesswork
8th January 2026
How unvalidated assumptions lead capable teams to deliver late and over budget. What Coherent Execution Looks Like Most people have seen it,...
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Why Most Synergy Cases Don’t Survive Reality
8th January 2026
Most synergy cases fail before execution - not in execution. They fail before Day One - quietly, in the assumptions used...
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Why 9 Out of 10 Telecom Programs Miss the Mark
16th December 2025
The structural flaw costing operators time, money and credibility Aviation won’t take off without independent checks. Pharma won’t test a drug without...
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The Moment Synergies Really Fail – And Why No One Sees It Coming
9th December 2025
A pattern seen across major Telco integrations - and in almost every large program where synergy assumptions harden too early. 1....
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Why Telco Synergies So Often Fall Short
21st November 2025
I learned my craft early - running my first multi-million-pound program at 26. I was at ITT, working under Harold Geneen:...
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