Context defines their challenge and often, their ability to meet those challenges.


In consulting to literally hundreds of companies over 30 years, I have come to the following conclusions - not necessarily what you would expect.

1. Most corporations try to do the right thing by their shareholders and stakeholders.
2. The level of incompetence at executive and board levels in many corporations is simply astounding.
3. I have witnessed BILLIONS of dollars of shareholders funds being wasted over the years as a result of well intentioned but intellectually bankrupt thinking.
4. Ego and reputational and career risk is the most destructive and destabilising influence within most organisations.
5. Individual subjectivity is the principal determinant of corporate strategy and activity - with corporate outcomes being determined by subjective judgement rather than by a factual understanding of shareholder requirements.
6. Corporate performance is often determined by power and charisma rather than logic and evidence (acknowledging however the important role that business intuition plays.)

 How sad!