Where Strategy Meets Real Execution

Insights and frameworks from the field — helping leaders move from plans to performance.

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Selected thought pieces from Akin’s bi-weekly column, Execution That Wins, published in BusinessDay and The Guardian - exploring how leaders turn plans into performance.

Your strategy isn’t struggling, your math is. 

Walk into most boardrooms and you’ll see the same ritual: a rousing town hall, a shiny new strategy deck, a few pep talks about culture and ownership...

 Oct 16, 2025

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From Micromanagement to Macroleadership

As an entrepreneur, we recently secured funding for a business I co-founded. Speaking to a mentor about expansion plans, he made a crucial point...

 Feb 9, 2022

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John Adebanjo
Group Managing Director, ALML / Virgin Atlantic Airways West Africa

"Execution Is a Lie reframes leadership; it’s not about why people fail to deliver, but why systems fail them."

Prof. Dapo Adeleye
Vice-Dean, Georgetown University

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Niyi Toluwalope
CEO, eTranzact International Plc

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