Florida, United States. 28 January 1986. NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from Kennedy Space Center with seven people on board. Seventy-three seconds later, it broke apart. All seven crew members lost their lives. The previous evening, engineers and managers at Morton Thiokol, the company that manufactured the shuttle’s rocket boosters, had joined NASA officials in a teleconference about the unusually cold weather forecast for launch. Their concern involved the O-ri

Another meeting. Another approval. Another decision waiting for the CEO to become available. A crowded calendar can look like evidence of importance. The organisation needs your experience, your judgement, your ability to connect the dots. Yet it also raises a question: How much of that demand reflects your unique contribution... and how much reflects an organisation that has learned to depend on your presence? A CEO’s calendar tells us something about how the business works.

Nike is leaving the S&P 100 after almost eighteen years. Since its 2021 peak, the company has lost more than $220 billion in market value. Its shares have fallen to levels not seen in more than a decade, while younger competitors such as Hoka and On have gained ground among runners, athletes and consumers. It would be easy to tell this story as a familiar corporate tragedy: an iconic brand made the wrong strategic bet and paid the price. But that explanation is too simple

What if a transition designed to reduce one dependency simply created another? Europe’s energy strategy is often discussed in terms of emissions targets and competing technologies. Yet the deeper challenge is systemic: reducing carbon emissions while protecting energy security, industrial competitiveness, employment and strategic autonomy. A recent study developed by TEHA Group and Eni, Sustainable biofuels as a strategic lever for industrial competitiveness, energy security

On 26 January 2026, France’s Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs, DINUM, officially announced the progressive rollout of Visio, a videoconferencing platform developed by the French State, across all government services by 2027. The objectives stated in the official release are clear: ending the use of non-European videoconferencing solutions, protecting the security and confidentiality of public communications, reducing strategic dependencies on external infrast

In Fashion and Luxury, executives rarely operate on an empty canvas. They step into architectures already built. Brand heritage. Creative codes. Organisational structures. Market expectations. Past successes. Unwritten rules about how things are done here. And over time, something subtle can happen. The architecture that was meant to support the organisation begins to define the boundaries of what people can imagine. This is where leadership becomes interesting. Because innov