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Essays, field guides, and pattern recognition from thirty years in the room where the message gets decided, from the boardroom to the break room.

Stop Broadcasting the Strategy. Start Translating It.

Stop Broadcasting the Strategy. Start Translating It.by: Brian WrightPublished on: 19/07/2026

Your value-creation plan is only intent until employees act on it. Why strategy translation is the missing job in PE-backed leadership.

The Message
Stop Broadcasting the Strategy. Start Translating It.

Your Value-Creation Plan Failed on a Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Your Value-Creation Plan Failed on a Tuesday at 2 p.m.by: Brian WrightPublished on: 15/07/2026

A PE-backed CEO's value-creation plan is only a PDF until employees act. Why the nod in the room isn't buy-in, and how to build the trust that is.

The Buy-In
Your Value-Creation Plan Failed on a Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Private Equity CEO Communication Plan: The First 180 Days

Private Equity CEO Communication Plan: The First 180 Daysby: Brian WrightPublished on: 05/07/2026

A new CEO inherits a strategy, finance, and HR owner, but no message owner. The communication plan a private equity-backed CEO needs across the first 180 days.

The Reach
Private Equity CEO Communication Plan: The First 180 Days

What If They Stopped Believing in the Company Before You Arrived?

What If They Stopped Believing in the Company Before You Arrived?by: Brian WrightPublished on: 29/06/2026

Employee buy-in in private equity starts before you arrive. If the workforce never believed in the company, your value-creation strategy lands on barren ground.

The Buy-In
What If They Stopped Believing in the Company Before You Arrived?

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