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Are you ready for Q Day? What it is and how to prepare.

Will McNelis: Jul 31, 2026, 2:06:43 PM

If you haven’t heard of Q Day yet, that is okay. You will be hearing a lot more about it soon. Q Day is the point where a quantum computer becomes powerful enough to crack the encryption protecting almost all day-to-day digital communications. In...

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Tuning Out the AI Slop: The True Value of Human Alignment

Core State Consulting: Jul 20, 2026, 11:31:19 AM

We are drowning in answers. Generative AI means anyone in your team can pull up a 1,000-word strategy brief or a complex data model in seconds....

Leadership Problem-Solving Critical Thinking Decision-Making AI

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The Collaboration Dividend: Why Alignment is Your Highest ROI Metric

Core State Consulting: Jul 7, 2026, 12:45:00 AM

We are drowning in machine-generated updates, yet starving for true connection. At work, the "AI Slop" deluge means anyone can generate a 10-page...

Collaboration Leadership Critical Thinking Decision-Making Facilitation AI

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We are Meaning Makers - Facilitation Skills Dominate in the AI Age

Core State Consulting: Jul 2, 2026, 12:30:00 AM

We are drowning in answers. Thanks to Generative AI, anyone in your team can pull up a 1,000-word strategy brief or a complex data model in seconds....

Collaboration Leadership Critical Thinking Decision-Making Facilitation AI

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The Rise of the Decision Economy

Core State Consulting: Jun 22, 2026, 2:45:00 AM

The knowledge economy is officially dead. For decades across Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand, corporate value was tied to data gathering and...

Leadership Problem-Solving Critical Thinking Decision-Making AI

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Judgment is Your New Superpower

Core State Consulting: Jun 15, 2026, 2:34:16 PM

The Death of Creation We’ve officially crossed the Rubicon. For years, organisational value was tied to production—how fast your team could draft a...

Optimisation Leadership Problem-Solving Critical Thinking Decision-Making AI

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The "Everything is Fine" Delusion and How to Snap Out of It

Core State Consulting: May 4, 2026, 5:00:00 AM

There is a specific kind of internal weather that happens in senior leadership. On paper, it’s a clear, sunny day. You’re sitting in a steering...

Critical Thinking Risk Management Productivity Portfolio Optimisation

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Your Portfolio is Bloated. Here’s How to Trim the Fat.

Core State Consulting: Apr 27, 2026, 5:00:00 AM

By May, most strategic plans are already starting to smell like "creative writing" exercises. You know the feeling. You look at the project list, and...

Critical Thinking Business Resiliency Improvement Decision-Making Portfolio Optimisation

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The percentage trap: Why your 2026 efficiency targets will fail.

Core State Consulting: Apr 20, 2026, 10:49:53 AM

TL;DR: Setting a target to "improve efficiency by 10%" without redesigning your Operating Model is a recipe for burnout, not growth. True efficiency...

Optimisation Leadership Critical Thinking Productivity Business Resiliency Decision-Making

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Polycrisis isn’t a buzzword—it’s a failure of your risk register

Core State Consulting: Mar 24, 2026, 5:15:00 AM

The term "polycrisis" has become the latest darling of the consulting world, used mostly to excuse poor planning as "unforeseeable." But when US-Iran...

Problem-Solving Critical Thinking Business Resiliency Decision-Making Crisis Preparation

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