Ideas should move institutions forward.
We share perspectives on the questions confronting leaders, institutions and economies — grounded in experience and focused on what comes next.
From strategy to execution: why institutions lose momentum
Most strategies do not fail because the ambition was wrong. They lose momentum in the distance between a decision made at the top and an institution capable of moving behind it. This perspective examines where execution breaks down — and the operating system leaders need to translate strategy into outcomes.
02Building institutions that can outlast their leaders
Strong leaders can transform organisations. Enduring institutions go further: they preserve judgement, standards and decision-making capability after those leaders leave. This perspective explores the difference between personal leadership and institutional strength — and what it takes to make leadership scalable.
03The next chapter of the GCC family enterprise
Many of the Gulf’s leading enterprises have evolved from founder-led businesses into complex, multigenerational institutions. Their next challenge is not simply succession, but the shift from entrepreneurial success to enduring stewardship — building the governance, ownership capability and capital discipline required to compound across generations.