Business Strategy

I started a conversation with ChatGPT this week about a fairly simple problem: why were some of my scheduled tasks becoming disabled? Several messages later, we had identified a much bigger issue and redesigned the underlying automation architecture. This is exactly how I use AI. I don't always know the right question at the beginning. I ask something, challenge the answer, add context, change direction and gradually expose the real problem. In other words, I "CHAT" with Chat

It is a pipeline full of opportunities everyone believes will close, but nobody has properly challenged. At this point in the year, optimism is not enough. Your top three opportunities deserve robust commercial diligence: Do we genuinely understand the customer’s priorities? Are we connected to the people shaping the decision? Is the value strong enough to withstand scrutiny from finance and procurement? Have we identified the real obstacles, including the ones nobody is talk

The leadership team may be months into processing the change but everyone else may be on minute one.

How we are using AI at PROBOS to improve thinking, judgement and execution, by shaping AI around our frameworks, evidence and ways of working.

How expert facilitation helps leadership teams turn complexity into clear decisions, visible ownership and practical delivery.

Pressure Reveals the System What does pressure really expose? When people watch elite sport, they often talk about athletes "performing under pressure." The penalty in the final minute, the decisive putt, the match winning conversion or the final over. Commentators often say: "They handled the pressure brilliantly" but elite athletes and coaches know something slightly different. Pressure rarely creates performance. It reveals it. By the time an athlete stands over the winnin

Most organisations invest heavily in strategy, technology, and talent. Far fewer invest in how leadership teams actually work together to turn intent into results. This is where outcomes are won or lost. Not in the plan, but in the moments where priorities are shaped, challenged and committed to. Expert facilitation sits at the centre of this. 1. The hidden driver of performance When business performance stalls, the response is often predictable: Refine the strategy Introduc