Strategy in the Boardroom

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An Organisation Fails at Its Weakest Layer, Not at Its Average
Edition 6: Why every pound spent above a hollow layer is spent against a ceiling it cannot lift, and how a board finds that layer.
Aug 10 • Karim Harbott
The Coherence Stack
Edition 5: The six layers that determine whether strategy can be executed
Aug 3 • Karim Harbott

July 2026

Most Board Challenge Is Performance, Not Testing
Edition 4: Why the questions boards ask protect the minutes rather than the plan, and what genuine testing requires.
Jul 29 • Karim Harbott
Boards Approve One Strategy and Fund Another
Edition 3: Capital allocation is the strategy a company actually has. Most boards never test whether it matches the one they approved.
Jul 23 • Karim Harbott
Boards Test the Numbers. The Theory Escapes.
Edition 2: Why boards should test the theory of advantage inside the plan before they test the projections built on it.
Jul 20 • Karim Harbott
Boards Approve Strategy. Few Own It.
Edition 1: Why the most expensive document a board receives is the one it challenges least, and what owning strategy actually requires.
Jul 12 • Karim Harbott
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