Human Behaviour

The Rule Exists. What Happens Next?

Governance moves in one direction: rule, control, behaviour. REINA® adds the return path, treating the leader's experience as evidence about the conditions judgement operates in.

The Journey of Excellence

When Professional Identity, Belonging, Ambition, Conscience, Loyalty and Self-Protection No Longer Point in the Same Direction

Can Ethical Agency Be Sustained Across Person, Relationship, Systems And Time - Without Self-Erasure?

Can ethical agency be sustained across person, relationships, systems and time—without self-erasure? Many senior women leaders ask this question, but not many raise it over a dinner conversation—risking to sound too deep, too serious, too soft. It’s not about competence. Competence has nothing to do with it. Competence can coexist with something quieter and harder to name: an invisible shrinking—where the inner line that once felt true starts to feel negotiable.

Governance

Why Executive Wellbeing Is a Decision-Quality Issue

Boards measure decisions. What about the condition of the people making them?

Why Nature Is the Missing Variable in Executive Performance

In a nationally representative study of 19,806 adults in England, spending at least 120 minutes per week in nature was associated with a significantly greater likelihood of reporting good health and high wellbeing. The association peaked at approximately 200–300 minutes per week (White et al., 2019). Because this evidence is observational, it does not prescribe a direct “nature improves executive performance” rule. But alongside research on attention and stress recovery, it points to a leadership-development oversight: