WCS INSIGHTS

Field-tested thinking on getting your message to land.

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

How to instill purpose after an acquisition or new CEO

by: Brian WrightPublished on: 09/10/2026

After a deal, people's sense of purpose tends to slip, at the moment the plan asks the most of them. And it can be shored up.

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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.

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The Message Is What They Repeat, Not What You Said

by: Brian WrightPublished on: 22/06/2026

Corporate jargon makes employees fear the worst. See why PE-backed CEOs must translate strategy into plain operator language so the message survives.

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