Capability in Practice | #5
Energy Transition Is Global. Strategy Is Local - Lessons from an SPE Distinguished Lecturer Journey
Energy transition is global, but credible strategy remains local. Drawing on lessons from an SPE Distinguished Lecturer journey across diverse energy systems, this article examines how energy security, infrastructure, institutional capability and market context should shape the pace, sequence and feasibility of transition decisions.
Capability in Practice | #2
The Leadership System Under Pressure - Seven Forces Reshaping Oil & Gas
Oil and gas leaders are not facing one dominant challenge but a system of interconnected pressures. This article examines seven forces reshaping leadership and explains why decision rights, organizational capacity, cross-functional integration and leadership systems matter as much as individual resilience.
Capability in Practice | #3
Transition Judgment - How Boards Make Decisions Before Certainty Arrives
Energy transition decisions must often be made before markets, technologies and policy are settled. This article introduces transition judgment as a board and executive discipline for testing assumptions, staging commitments, preserving optionality and allocating capital across plausible futures without waiting for certainty.
Capability in Practice | #4
Who Challenges the CEO? What Peer Advisory Taught Me About Decision Quality
The more senior the leader, the harder it can become to find a safe place for unfinished thinking. Drawing on CEO peer advisory experience, this article examines executive isolation, constructive challenge and why better decision quality depends partly on who has permission to test the leader's assumptions.