Publications
Writing is where the reasoning becomes accountable.
Publication does not prove judgement. It does establish that an argument can be made in public, coherently, and withstand informed disagreement.
Forbes
The Kinetic Board series, written for the Forbes Coaches Council.
A 10-article series developing the philosophy of The Kinetic Board: how boards monitor signals, test assumptions, recalibrate thresholds and convert individual director judgement into sound collective judgement as conditions change. 4 of 10 are published; the remainder are listed here as they appear.
Forbes · 22 July 2026
Why Kinetic Boards Need A New Information Model
A Kinetic Board does not elevate every signal. It defines which signals are material enough to change timing, attention or judgment.
The Kinetic Board
Forbes · 29 June 2026
Why Boards Mistake Transformation Activity For Transformation Capacity
Digital is no longer a workstream sitting beside the business. It is changing where work gets done, what capabilities matter and how adaptive capacity itself is built.
The Kinetic Board
Forbes · 3 June 2026
A Three-Speed Lens For Board Oversight: Immediate Response, Operational Repositioning And Cultural Adoption
Effective oversight moves at three different speeds.
The Kinetic Board
Forbes · 8 May 2026
The Half-Life Of Strategy Is Collapsing—How Boards Can Reframe Effective Oversight
The board problem is now hiding in plain sight: Strategy is not just being challenged more often. Its half-life is collapsing.
The Kinetic Board
Articles
Commissioned and contributed pieces published elsewhere.
Nothing listed here yet. Entries appear once the work is published and its source verified.
Essays
Longer-form argument, published here.
Original essays on board judgement are published in Thinking. Only work published under an external masthead, or written as a standalone paper, is catalogued here.
Nothing listed here yet. Entries appear once the work is published and its source verified.
Research
Studies, papers and structured enquiry.
Nothing listed here yet. Entries appear once the work is published and its source verified.
Books
Full-length work.
A novel is not evidence of governance expertise, and is not offered as such. Its relevance is narrower and more honest: authorship sustained across a full-length work, intellectual range beyond the boardroom, and a long interest in human judgement, consequence, responsibility and moral choice.
Independently published
5 Souls
A novel. Five lives, and the choices that follow them. It is fiction, and is offered as nothing else: authorship sustained across a full-length work, and a long-standing interest in judgement, consequence, responsibility and moral choice examined outside corporate systems.
Fiction
Archive
Digital business transformation writing.
Earlier writing from the previous site is retained in full: two essays on cultural change and digitalisation, and a nine-part primer written for board members and executives preparing for conversations with transformation leadership. It predates the board-level positioning and is kept in its original context.
Enquiries
Editors, journalists and podcast producers are welcome to make contact directly. Commissioned writing on board judgement, transformation oversight and governance under uncertainty is considered case by case.
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