Thinking, out loud.
Ideas, insights and outlooks from across the GWBI Family and beyond. Views are our own, once approved.
Previous perspectives.
Earlier thinking from across the GWBI Family, archived for your protection.
Circling back: a retrospective
In this piece, I revisit my earlier piece on revisiting things.
Marcus Brightwell12 September 2026 · Circular readSynergy is a verb
Synergy isn't something you have. It's something you synergy.
Dr Toby Sterling30 June 2026 · 3 min read · 720° viewMandatory fun: a wellbeing journey
Wellbeing is a journey, and like every journey, it starts with a compulsory survey.
Priya Halloran18 April 2026 · 5 min read · completion trackedWhat the AI taught me about the AI
I asked the AI what it had learned. It asked me the same question. We are now co-authors.
Sasha Venn2 February 2026 · Written by AI · Read by AINet zero, net positive, net ambition
Our emissions are falling, in principle. Our ambition has never been higher.
Graham Okafor-Lindqvist11 November 2025 · 6 min read · carbon neutralBoards, and the boards that appoint them
Good governance starts with a strong board. Better governance starts with appointing it yourself.
Dame Felicity Ashworth-Lyle23 August 2025 · 12 min read · minutedLeveraging leverage: a framework
Leverage is only as strong as the leverage behind it. In this framework, I leverage that.
Dr Toby Sterling7 May 2025 · 9 min read · 3 min of insight1987 to now: lessons from the same desk
The desk hasn't changed. The org chart has changed around it 41 times. Here's what I've learned.
Derek Pole14 January 2025 · 39 years readWhy every meeting deserves a pre-meeting
Great meetings don't just happen. They're aligned in advance, in a meeting.
Marcus Brightwell3 October 2024 · 4 min read