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Most companies believe strategy begins to go wrong with a bad decision, a bad market, a bad investment, a bad acquisition, bad execution, bad leadership, or a slow response time. Many others, however, find that the problems begin far earlier: long before strategy collapses publicly or leaders acknowledge that something is wrong, there is often […]
High performance rarely happens by chance. Someone has to build the systems, ask the difficult questions, and keep improving them long after the first results appear. That has been a constant throughout Faisal Ba-Aqeel’s career. As the co-founder of Chartten, an AI-powered business support platform launched in 2025, he is applying more than 21 years […]
Many companies end up in a failure state because people believe it is due to poorly formulated strategies, when in fact many already possess decent-to-good strategies, yet fail to move the needle beyond the predispositions, processes, and priorities that served their past incarnation. For example, a company may shift its strategic focus, but its KPIs […]
In high-stakes industries like oil and gas, human resources (HR) is more than an administrative function; it’s the engine of operational stability. With over 18 years of corporate experience, Mariham Magdy has built a career navigating the high-pressure demands of this field. As a facilitator for The KPI Institute, she leads the Certified Employee Performance […]