Why Transformations Stall, and How to Diagnose the Layer Beneath the Strategy
I speak to leadership teams and conference audiences about the cultural infrastructure that decides whether a strategy survives disruption. The talks come directly from two decades of anthropological research inside organizations on three continents, not from a generic keynote circuit deck.
Audiences leave with a clear, specific answer to a question most leadership teams have never been able to name precisely: why did this transformation stall, and what do we actually do about it?
Signature topics
The Unseen Infrastructure
Why strategy survives disruption and culture decides, drawn directly from the book
The Cultural Substrate Gap
How to diagnose the distance between what your culture can sustain and what your strategy demands
Why Transformations Stall
Real cases from banking, oil, and manufacturing, and the pattern that connects them
Leading Change Under Disruption
What senior leaders get wrong about timing, sequencing, and readiness