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Leadership, strategy and culture: An interview with John R. Childress
Most organisations don’t fail for lack of ambition. They fail when leadership, strategy, and culture aren’t aligned—so execution drifts, decisions slow down, and outcomes fall short. In this audio interview with Ben Morton, John shares his definitions of three core business facets— leadership, strategy, and culture —and explores why these concepts must reinforce each other if you want results to stick (and what happens when they don’t). What you'll hear in this interview Clea

John R. Childress
1 min read


Business transformation: why culture risk and systems matter
Most organisations treat culture as something “soft”—until something hard happens: a failed transformation, a safety incident, a conduct breach, or a cyber event that should have been preventable. My view is simple: culture impacts business results, positively or negatively. There is no neutral culture. It either enables your strategic objectives—or quietly blocks them. And when strategy changes, culture has to change with it. An old culture that’s misaligned with a new strat

John R. Childress
3 min read
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