Where Strategy Meets Real Execution
Insights and frameworks from the field â helping leaders move from plans to performance.
Newspaper Columns
Selected thought pieces from Akinâs bi-weekly column, Execution That Wins, published in BusinessDay and The Guardian - exploring how leaders turn plans into performance.
Your strategy isnât struggling, your math is.Â
Walk into most boardrooms and youâll see the same ritual: a rousing town hall, a shiny new strategy deck, a few pep talks about culture and ownership...
 Oct 16, 2025
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; itâs not about why people fail to deliver, but why systems fail them."
Prof. Dapo Adeleye
Vice-Dean, Georgetown University
"This toolkit translates two decades of leadership lessons into frameworks that donât just inspire; they deliver."
Niyi Toluwalope
CEO, eTranzact International Plc
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