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Excellence

A Life Case Study: Why Values are Life’s KPI

As I get older, life starts looking less like a well-laid-out blueprint and more like a toddler’s finger painting: unpredictable, bizarre, and somehow still deeply meaningful. It’s basically a big blob of nothing and everything, depending on how you choose to look at it. It can also shape-shift. People can fall, even though everyone thought […]

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Emotive Language: What Consulting Can Learn From Literature

The first article in this series was inspired by a Soba UK study on the critical importance of good, original and most importantly human communication in the consulting industry. The glossy and assured voice of ChatGPT is often airy, evasive, and intangible, which can give an overall impression of telling clients what they want to […]

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Excellence

The Habit That Builds Trust, Influence, and Opportunity

In every team, there’s a difference between people who complete their tasks and those who own the outcome. The distinction seems subtle, but it shapes how others see you, the trust you build, and the opportunities that come your way. Ownership is the discipline of thinking beyond the assignment and acting as if the final […]