Turning Strategy into Systems That Work
Most leaders don’t fail for lack of ideas …. they fail because their organisations can’t deliver them.
Through select collaborations, Akin works with boards, executive teams, and faculty partners to strengthen how strategy is executed in the real world.
This isn’t consulting in the conventional sense. It’s partnership, built around research-grade frameworks, field-tested methods, and disciplined dialogue on what actually drives performance.
All advisory and program work offered through this platform are independent professional services conducted outside Shell.
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From boardrooms to execution floors
Akin’s advisory and collaboration work spans corporates, investors, and institutions that want to
close the gap between strategy and real-world delivery.
Strategic Alignment Workshops
Facilitated boardroom sessions that connect ambition with the mechanisms that sustain it: budgets, reviews, incentives, and accountability.
Outcome: Clearer priorities, faster decisions, and stronger follow-through.
Transformation Architecture Design
Co-creation of simple, repeatable systems that translate strategy into rhythm, from execution dashboards to leadership cadences.
Outcome: perating clarity without bureaucracy.
Leadership & Faculty Engagements
Collaborations with business schools and executive education teams exploring how to teach and apply the discipline of execution.
Outcome: Richer classrooms and practical curriculum design anchored on the ALIGN™, RECODE™, and C3 Formula™ frameworks.
Who Engages
Boards and Chairs
CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Strategy Leaders
Educators and Deans
“Business turnarounds thrive on eliminating ambiguity. Akin’s playbook shows how to align incentives, make ownership visible, and sustain momentum.”
Osa Igiehon
Managing Director/CEO, Hiers Energies
“In insurance and finance, value is built on operational truth. ALIGN™ shows how focus, linkage, and governance turn intent into impact.”
Tunde Fajemirokun
Managing Director/CEO, American International Insurance Company
“Post-deal value creation comes down to execution. Execution Is a Lie gives investors and operators a shared system that delivers.”
Dr. Yemi Osindero
Partner, Uhuru Investment PartnersÂ
Why Organization choose Akin
Simply because advice is not enough.Â
Execution Depth
Over two decades leading transformation across energy, aviation, logistics, education,
entrepreneurship, and supply-chain management — spanning roles in operations,
marketing, services, and commercial delivery across more than ten countries.
(Includes secondment assignments at Nigeria LNG while with Shell, and at Pearl GTL — Shell’s Gas-to-Liquids facility in Qatar, one of the world’s largest GTL projects.)
Framework & Design Discipline
Creator of the ALIGN™, RECODE™, and C3 Formula™ frameworks — tools now used in
organizations and business schools to make execution measurable. Beyond his own IP, Akin co-designs custom executive programs, leadership interventions, and transformation
playbooks for boards and institutions seeking practical impact.Â
Corporate Precision, Entrepreneurial Agility
Akin bridges the worlds of large-scale enterprise and agile entrepreneurship — bringing the discipline of Shell and the creativity of a founder. His entrepreneurial experience informs his advisory work, ensuring that solutions are grounded in ownership, speed, and results.