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Short, practical perspectives on business-case reasoning, evidence, governance and the work behind approval.
The Business Case for Better Business Cases
The Five Case Model was built for good decisions—not for late nights reformatting tables. Here is why automation, done properly and with the human firmly in the loop, is about to give the profession its best years yet.
Read moreGeneric AI Writes Quickly. Approval Still Stalls.
On why fluent drafting is not the same as defensible reasoning.
Read moreThe Optimism Problem: When the Preferred Option Is Chosen Before the Analysis Begins
On the appraisal discipline that distinguishes strong cases from defensible-looking ones.
Read moreThe Workshop Was Productive. So Why Has the Alignment Already Faded?
On the gap between agreement in the room and progress on paper.
Read moreWhy Review Cycles Take Twice as Long as They Should
On the quiet cost of unclear logic in business case drafting.
Read moreWhen Highly Skilled People Spend Their Days Formatting Documents
On the opportunity cost of manual drafting in expert teams.
Read moreTwo Teams, One Organisation, Two Completely Different Business Cases
On why a shared structural foundation improves consistency without flattening judgement.
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