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Mind the Skills Gap: Talent Triage for Faster Delivery
Most IT functions are losing talent faster than they can replace it – but throwing headcount at the problem won’t speed you up. Here’s how to target capability where it matters most, and win the skills battle without burning budget or momentum.

Darren Emery
4 min read


The Speed Illusion: Why Motion Isn’t Momentum
Most leaders think they’re pushing their teams to move faster. In reality, they’re often rewarding behaviours that look like speed but quietly drain time, money, and trust. True speed isn’t about starting more work - it’s about finishing the right things, in the right order, with fewer unforced errors.

Darren Emery
4 min read


Collaboration vs Cooperation: The Hidden Blocker Slowing Your Teams Down
If you’re leading a senior team right now, don’t mistake tactical harmony for strategic alignment.
True collaboration isn’t comfortable - but it is transformative.

Darren Emery
4 min read


If Everyone’s Busy, Why Are We Still Behind?
In many mid-sized product organisations, busyness has become a proxy for progress. But full roadmaps, maxed-out teams, and delivery velocity aren't translating into market impact or innovation. This article breaks down why - revealing how systemic misfocus, fractured prioritisation, and reactive product roles are silently killing your speed. Learn how to rewire your operating model to shift from motion to momentum.

Darren Emery
5 min read


Leading Through Uncertainty with Strategic Agility
When the terrain is uncertain, a detailed plan won’t save you - but clarity of intent might. This article explores how the best execs lead through complexity using strategic agility, intent-based leadership, and a deep understanding of how decisions are made when there are no right answers.

Darren Emery
5 min read


Stop Optimising Yesterday: How to Fund the Future Without Burning Today
Most teams aren’t failing to deliver. They’re just delivering the past.
This post reimagines the Three Horizons of Product Delivery - showing you how to balance innovation, scale, and stability before your roadmap becomes a liability.

Darren Emery
5 min read


Why You Can’t Scale Delivery Without Focused Leadership
Your organisation can’t move faster than your leadership’s ability to focus. While most execs chase headcount, tools, or structure, the real constraint is attention. This article explores why executive focus - not effort - is the hidden bottleneck in enterprise transformation, and how to reclaim it as your organisation’s most strategic asset.

Darren Emery
4 min read


Is Timesheeting Bad and Evil?
Clearly from those that have to do it or manage it, the answer is a resounding yes. Is it that clear-cut? Of course not. So let's delve...

Simon Maurer
4 min read


Why Leaders Don’t Care About Culture
I was reading an article the other day from one of the big consultancy firms about organisational culture and why cultural change efforts...

Darren Emery
3 min read


Want Productivity? Build a Culture of Trust
FACT: Higher Trust = Higher Productivity and more engagement. But how do you create a culture of trust in your organisation? ..... I was...

Darren Emery
2 min read


Social Conformity Leadership and Cultural Change
I recently saw a video on social conformity that caught my eye, a modern take of the classic psychology experiment by Asch (1951). The...

Abbas Dhanani
2 min read


Trust in agile environments - Your Springboard to Better Working Relationships
Everybody wants to be trusted and to trust those around them, right? Trust is something that we all rely upon in our interpersonal...
Erica Hartmann
9 min read
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