The Brief

Final Edition: August 2026

The EA Profession Is Splitting in Real Time From the Editor (and an announcement) I’ve noticed something recently. I barely finish most of the subscriptions I’m signed up to anymore. They’re sitting in a Friday Reading inbox folder that’s becoming a graveyard of ideas. The information is as ...

Aug 03, 2026

Edition 11: July 2026

Theme: The “We’ve Always Done It This Way” Problem When familiarity becomes operational drag What's Inside Market Pulse Organisations are investing heavily in AI, automation and productivity initiatives while still carrying workflows, assumptions and meeting rhythms built for conditions that ...

Jul 01, 2026

Edition 10: June 2026

Theme: The Insight That Doesn't Reach The Room What accelerated organisations risk when operational truth gets softened, delayed or lost. What's Inside Market Pulse Across industries, organisations are under pressure to move faster, operate leaner and integrate AI into operational workflows ...

Jun 01, 2026

Edition 09: May 2026

Theme: The shift from doing the work to designing it. From the Editor We’re operating in a different environment now. It’s not just faster. It’s more digital, more unstable, more expensive, and far less predictable. Over the past few months, global tension, rising energy costs, and shift...

May 04, 2026

Edition 08: April 2026

Theme: When Conflict Reshapes Business Conditions How the Middle East crisis is driving cost pressure, scrutiny and harder operating conditions across organisations globally. What's Inside The current Middle East conflict is not just a geopolitical event. It's changing cost structures, risk exp...

Apr 01, 2026

Edition 07: March 2026

Theme: When Change Doesn't Land From the Editor This edition of The Brief exists because organisations are changing faster than they are absorbing that change. Across AI rollouts, operating model redesigns, restructures, and new ways of working, the pattern is the same. Initiatives are announc...

Mar 02, 2026

Edition 06: February 2026

Theme: From stability to conditionality Work is no longer organised around stable systems and assumed trust. It now operates on shifting conditions, selective cooperation, and situational judgement. What’s Inside ✔ Market Pulse Global signals decoded: Davos confirmed what many organisations are...

Feb 02, 2026

Edition 05: January 2026

What’s Inside The 2026 Leadership Tensions MapA clear view of the five tensions influencing executive behaviour and how they show up in real time across organisations. Q1 Impact MapA guided tool to map your executive’s reality, the signals in your organisation, where your work has the greates...

by Rachael Bonetti — Jan 04, 2026

The Integration Edition - December 2025 Edition 0

Letter From The Editor This year asked more of organisations than many were prepared for. Shifts in technology, capability, cost, risk and geopolitics didn’t arrive one at a time. They converged. The result was a working environment where decisions were harder, expectations were higher and direc...

by Rachael Bonetti — Dec 01, 2025

Edition 03: November 2025

Theme: Through the Turns: How EAs Keep Leaders Effective When the Playbook Disappears From The Editor The most capable leaders are struggling right now — not because they’ve lost skill, but because the conditions that make success possible have shifted faster than their systems can adapt. Across...

by Rachael Bonetti — Nov 02, 2025

Edition 02: October 2025

Work Reimagined — AI’s Hidden Jobs and the EA Opportunity From the Editor AI dominates executive conversations. Spend is soaring, functions are being consolidated or offshored, and headlines warn of job cuts. But the overlooked reality is this: AI is quietly creating roles that don’t even have n...

by Rachael Bonetti — Oct 02, 2025

Edition 01: September 2025

Inside This Edition of The Brief Theme: Productivity Under Pressure: Cost, Talent & Execution Why leaders are doubling down on efficiency and what that really means for how work gets done. What’s Inside ✔ Market Pulse Global signals decoded: cost-cutting, wage pressures, and AI adoption. ✔ Overl...

Aug 31, 2025

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