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Coherence Is Not Culture — It Precedes It

Organizational culture is often treated as something leaders can design, manage, or enforce. This article challenges that assumption by introducing coherence as the precursor to culture.

Thinkers360 | February 10, 2026 | Zen Benefiel
Death of the Data Silo

The architecture fragmentation that leaves enterprises with a "latency tax" and a "movement tax" of shuttling data between BI tools and ML environments is unsustainable.

Thinkers360 | February 10, 2026 | William McKnight
Capital Follows Electrons: How Electrification Is Driving Growth

Electrification is no longer about emissions alone. It’s reshaping where industry chooses to locate. IEA data shows China, India, and Africa pulling ahead — while the US clings to fossil incumbents and falls behind.

Thinkers360 | February 10, 2026 | Tom Raftery
Execution Is Cheap Now. Experience Is Everything. The BRAVE Upgrade for the Agentic AI Era

AI can execute. It can write the email, generate the report, and draft the contract. But execution is no longer the edge — it's been commoditized overnight. In this piece, Grant McGaugh breaks down why the BRAVE framework's "E" must evolve from Execution to Experience + Existence, and what that shif

Thinkers360 | February 09, 2026 | Grant McGaugh
The 12 Best Countries for Retirees – Affordability & Taxation

Having traveled and worked in over 40 nations globally, it is fascinating to see areas that would be good retirement or vacation home regions. Retiring abroad has become more than a dream—it is now a practical and increasingly popular strategy for Americans seeking higher quality of life.

Thinkers360 | February 09, 2026 | George Mentz
Why smart builders ship great products and still struggle to generate revenue

A simple internal clarity map (A1–A4) that helps builders translate what they built into buyer-understandable value so revenue can follow.

Thinkers360 | February 09, 2026 | Sajeed Ahmed
The Mean and the Margin: When Intelligence Is Trained on the Average, Who Does It Forget?

When we don't intentionally design for inclusion, we unintentionally design for exclusion. With ChatGPT being used to create playful caricatures, what do the outputs teach us about inclusion and the risks of AI?

Thinkers360 | February 08, 2026 | Danny Wareham
Governing Reputational Exposure Before It Becomes Impact

Reputational risk is rarely ignored, yet often governed too late. This article explains how impact-led frameworks satisfy oversight requirements while leaving organisations exposed to reputational risk created through ordinary decisions.

Thinkers360 | February 07, 2026 | Julien Haye
Why Governance Needs Two Standards of Rigor

Many organizations unintentionally slow decision-making by applying financial reporting standards of precision to management decisions. This post explains why decision governance and financial statement integrity governance require different standards of rigor, and how conflating them leads to false

Thinkers360 | February 06, 2026 | Werner van Rossum
The First Step in Succession Planning

Too many companies jump right into succession planning by concentrating solely on the C-suite. But to create a truly effective succession plan, you need to look at the organization as a whole.

Thinkers360 | February 06, 2026 | Nanette Miner, Ed.D.
Friday’s Change Reflection Quote - Leadership of Change - Change Leaders Leverage Strategic Alliances

Change Leaders Leverage Strategic Alliances. Sustainable change endures when leaders align credible intent with shared risk, disciplined commitment, and timely action that transforms uncertainty into collective momentum.

Thinkers360 | February 06, 2026 | Peter F. Gallagher
The Corix Partners Friday Reading List - February 6, 2026

Top 10 Leadership and Management links of the week, curated by Corix Partners Founder and CEO JC Gaillard, focusing on cyber security of course, but also a large cross section of subjects including digital transformation, emerging tech, ESG governance and the future of work.

Thinkers360 | February 06, 2026 | Jean-Christophe Gaillard
Why Strategy Fails When the World Changes Faster Than Your Plans

Strategy rarely fails because it’s wrong. It fails because the context it was built for disappears faster than the plan can adapt.

Thinkers360 | February 04, 2026 | Morris Misel
How Your Physical Environment Shapes Focus, Wellbeing, and Performance More Than We Think

We tend to think of mindset as something internal — shaped by habits, routines, and personal discipline. But what often gets skipped over is how much our physical environment shapes how we think and feel.

Thinkers360 | February 04, 2026 | Yessenia Sembergman
7 Habits of Credible LinkedIn Relationship Building

Credible LinkedIn growth comes from consistent habits, not hacks. Learn the 7 habits that simplify 1x1 relationship building and protect your time for real conversations.

Thinkers360 | February 02, 2026 | Mitchell Levy
Before AI Agents Start Talking: Who's Listening at Board Level?

Autonomous AI agents make thousands of decisions daily at machine speed. Most boards still govern at human speed. This velocity gap is a current vulnerability that demands immediate board-level rethinking.

From Reactive Loops to Causal Agency: The Evolution of Aviation Control Systems

This architecture shifts from reactive PID control to proactive causal reasoning. By using V-JEPA with SIGReg, it enables a 4D "simulation-in-the-head" for aviation safety, bridging raw telemetry with symbolic AI assessments.

Thinkers360 | February 01, 2026 | FRANK MORALES
What’s really holding your succession plan back: a lack of successors—or a lack of strategy?

Many leaders blame the talent market when succession planning stalls, assuming they lack capable people ready to step up. The reality is: most succession failures stem from the absence of a deliberate system to prepare leaders for the future.

Thinkers360 | January 30, 2026 | Nanette Miner, Ed.D.
Friday’s Change Reflection Quote - Leadership of Change - Change Leaders Avoid Long-Term Instability

Change Leaders Avoid Long-Term Instability. Sustainable change demands disciplined judgement, moral restraint, and timely accountability, because authority without legitimacy transforms leadership decisions into catalysts for long-term instability.

Thinkers360 | January 30, 2026 | Peter F. Gallagher
The Corix Partners Friday Reading List - January 30, 2026

Top 10 Leadership and Management links of the week, curated by Corix Partners Founder and CEO JC Gaillard, focusing on cyber security of course, but also a large cross section of subjects including digital transformation, emerging tech, ESG governance and the future of work.

Thinkers360 | January 30, 2026 | Jean-Christophe Gaillard
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