LONDON, 1 April 2026 – In the world of corporate leadership, stability is the currency of confidence. This past week, that currency was systematically devalued. At South Korean broadcaster KT Skylife, a newly appointed CEO resigned just days into his tenure amid a subsidiary shakeup. In Germany, fintech Solaris announced it
LONDON, 30 March 2026 – Last August, a ghost finally gave up the fight. Rite Aid, once a staple of American high streets, officially ceased to exist. Its slow, painful demise—a cascade of store closures and balance sheet decay—serves as a stark post-mortem for a business that failed to
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The Cliff Edge “It feels like we’re one step over the cliff.” That’s how Stefan, a CTO I was coaching recently, described the situation at his company. A recent acquisition had gone sideways, and the brand name he'd helped build was, as he put it, “broken.
You Are Not Your Job Title For twenty years, you’ve been defined by it. SVP, Head of Division, Chief Officer of Something Important. Your title was a shorthand for your identity, your authority, and your place in the world. It appeared on your children's school forms, on
LONDON – 26 March 2026 – For a generation, “efficiency” was the unchallenged deity of the corporate world. It was the gospel preached from the lecterns of business schools and the metric that defined the careers of Chief Operating Officers. The doctrine was simple: just-in-time, lean, optimised. Cut the fat. Then cut
For twenty years, the rhythm of your life was dictated by the corporate machine. The 6 AM alarm for a flight to Frankfurt. The Sunday evening prep for the Monday morning board meeting. The relentless flood of emails that defined your importance. Your title—Managing Director, VP, C-something-O—was more
LONDON – 24 March 2026 – In the space of just a few weeks, the tectonic plates of the executive talent market have begun to shift with breathtaking speed. On one side, a wave of new, esoteric C-suite roles is being forged in the fires of AI transformation. Supermarket giant Kroger appoints
LONDON – 24 March 2026 – While the headlines fixate on the visible executive purges at tech behemoths and global banks, a far more profound restructuring is happening in the shadows. In the engine rooms of the global economy—sectors like insurance and real estate—a silent overhaul is underway. There are
LONDON – 23 March 2026. The market has become conditioned to measure change by the number of redundancy announcements. We track HSBC, we scrutinise big tech, and we wait for the press release that confirms another round of painful cuts. But this is a profound misreading of the landscape. The most
Sunday 22 March, 2026 The markets are holding their breath. After a brutal start to the year, the deafening roar of corporate restructuring announcements has fallen silent. This week, for the first time since December, no major C-suite purges or mass executive redundancies have hit the wires. For many, this
The Question That Changes Everything “Who is the new Thomas? What is the new brand? What is he going to do in the future?” This wasn't a philosophical query posed in a seminar. It was a raw, honest question from Thomas Grant, a seasoned tech executive I was