Strategic Kata

I spent close to 30 years working in technology, operations, and transformation roles across banking, government, and education, usually stepping into environments where complexity had been accumulating quietly for years; too many systems, too many layers, too many priorities competing for attention at the same time.

So this site became a place to slow things down and think clearly.

Most of the writing here comes from direct experience, projects that worked, restructures that didn't, leadership patterns that kept repeating, systems that gradually became harder to navigate, and the small practical adjustments that sometimes made a bigger difference than the grand strategies everyone talked about at town halls.

I write about strategy, leadership, systems, operational thinking, economics, AI, and continuous improvement. But underneath all of that is really the same question:

Why do some organisations make progress while others slowly exhaust themselves?

What You'll Find Here

• Leadership and organisational behaviour

• Strategy and execution

• Systems and operational thinking

• Economics and workforce observations

• Small Simple Steps

Why Strategic Kata

The older I got, the less interested I became in dramatic transformation stories.

Most meaningful progress came from quieter things; clearer priorities, fewer distractions, better systems, stronger trust, and people willing to improve things steadily over time instead of waiting for the next big restructure to save them.

That's the spirit behind this site.

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