Insights

Working notes on the biology of sustained leadership, for senior leaders and the people who sponsor them.

For CHROs, Heads of Talent and L&D

What losing a senior leader actually costs, and how to work out your own number

Most companies carry senior attrition as a line nobody has priced. Here is the calculation, using your numbers rather than a benchmark.

7 min read · Expand Education for companies
For senior women and the people who sponsor them

Menopause arrives in the decade women are most equipped to lead

The transition lands, on average, at exactly the point a career reaches its widest span of responsibility. That collision is the problem, and it is structural rather than personal.

6 min read · The Female CEO Operating System
For senior women

Cycle syncing at work: what the evidence supports, and what it does not

The idea has moved from wellness apps into corporate conversation faster than the research has moved. Here is how to tell the useful part from the marketing.

6 min read · The Female CEO Operating System
For male executives

Sperm quality is a cardiovascular signal that happens to affect fertility

Male executives read it as a fertility question and stop there. Read as a systemic marker, it is one of the earliest signals available.

6 min read · CEO Lifespan
For anyone whose best work is currently accidental

Who are you when you are most ON, and what would your life look like if you could repeat it

Everyone can describe their best days. Almost nobody has worked out what produced them, which is why they stay accidental.

5 min read · Join the waitlist