Autonomy is often treated as a shortcut to empowerment — and just as often it fails. This curated reading list explores why autonomy breaks down in organizations and under which conditions it actually works.
“Let’s just get started” sounds pragmatic and action-oriented. In reality, it often postpones the hard conversations — and shifts the cost of missing clarity into the future. This post explores why rushing the start is one of the most expensive decisions organisations make.
Organizations produce endless documents to create alignment — strategies, roadmaps, OKRs, decks. Yet misalignment persists. This post explains why alignment cannot be written down and why conversation, not documentation, is the real work.
Every January, organizations invest weeks in planning a future that no longer exists. This post challenges the ritual of annual planning and argues for a different approach: designing for reality instead of predicting it.
2025 wasn’t about chasing trends — it was about creating clarity, setting the right conditions for growth, and focusing on real impact. In this year-end reflection, I revisit the key ideas that shaped Lost Consultants in 2025 and highlight a few posts that still matter as we move into 2026.