THE PERSON BEHIND PRACTICAL INTELLIGENCE

Decades in the corporate trenches. Zero interest in sounding like it.

Decades in the corporate trenches. Zero interest in sounding like it.

I’ve worked across countries, cultures, acquisitions, transformations, and more reorganisations than any reasonable person should have to experience.

I’ve worked across countries, cultures, acquisitions, transformations, and more reorganisations than any reasonable person should have to experience.

I’ve survived the three-hour meeting that should’ve been an email. I’ve seen ‘Let’s take this offline’ solve absolutely nothing. I’ve watched ‘synergy’ get used with a straight face. And somehow… I still enjoy the ride.

I’ve survived the three-hour meeting that should’ve been an email. I’ve seen ‘Let’s take this offline’ solve absolutely nothing. I’ve watched ‘synergy’ get used with a straight face. And somehow… I still enjoy the ride.

Practical Intelligence exists because most workplace advice falls into one of two camps: painfully theoretical; or written by someone who’s clearly never had to explain for the fourth time why ‘urgent’ and ‘important’ aren’t synonyms. This is neither.

Practical Intelligence exists because most workplace advice falls into one of two camps: painfully theoretical; or written by someone who’s clearly never had to explain for the fourth time why ‘urgent’ and ‘important’ aren’t synonyms. This is neither.

Every week you’ll get one framework that’s been tested in the real world — not a PowerPoint slide pretending to be wisdom. Something you can use on Monday. And still remember on Friday.

Every week you’ll get one framework that’s been tested in the real world — not a PowerPoint slide pretending to be wisdom. Something you can use on Monday. And still remember on Friday.

Yes, we talk about AI. Not because it’s magic. Because it’s useful. AI can write the report. You still decide whether it’s the right report. The future doesn’t belong to the people who fear AI. Or worship it. It belongs to the people who know how to think.

Yes, we talk about AI. Not because it’s magic. Because it’s useful. AI can write the report. You still decide whether it’s the right report. The future doesn’t belong to the people who fear AI. Or worship it. It belongs to the people who know how to think.

Here’s what you’ll find around here:

Here’s what you’ll find around here:

— Practical frameworks.

— Real corporate stories.

— Templates you’ll actually reuse.

— The occasional sarcastic observation.

— Zero corporate theatre.

Still writing under the radar. Make of that what you will.

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