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The baseline problem: why improvement programmes can't prove they worked

Most programmes measure the after and reconstruct the before. Three rules for fixing the baseline in week one — and why it changes every decision that follows.

Tomás Rivera

Oct 14, 2026

· 7 min read

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Each category mirrors a service, and every article links to the one it relates to.

A board-ready KPI tree: what to measure, and the five metrics to retire

A board pack should explain variance, not list it. How to build a driver tree from the P&L down, and which popular metrics quietly mislead.

Sep 30, 2026

· Anika Shah

· 9 min read

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Transformation

Buy-and-build without breaking month-end

Each acquisition adds a ledger, a calendar and a habit. The integration sequence that keeps the close under a week while the group keeps growing.

Sep 12, 2026

· Daniel Okafor

· 6 min read

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Strategy

Pricing by habit: the margin hiding in your renewal book

Most mid-market firms set this year's price as last year's plus inflation. Costing contracts one by one usually finds the loss-makers — and the room to reprice.

Aug 27, 2026

· Helena Marsh

· 8 min read

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Performance

Why most KPI dashboards make decisions slower

More measures rarely mean better decisions. Dashboards built around questions, not data availability, are smaller — and faster to act on.

Aug 6, 2026

· Anika Shah

· 5 min read

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Operations

Constraint first: scheduling a plant around the one line that matters

If every line is scheduled the same way, the bottleneck starves twice a week. Scheduling it first is the cheapest capacity most plants will ever buy.

Jul 16, 2026

· Tomás Rivera

· 7 min read

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