by Neil Alderson | May 8, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
A situation I have come across many times whilst working with client teams is one where everyone can describe what’s going wrong in a process, but they can’t quite get to a shared understanding of what to do about it. Not because they lack expertise across...
by Neil Alderson | May 8, 2026 | Finance Transformation
Most finance directors I have worked with reach the same point eventually. Month-end is taking too long, nobody quite trusts the numbers coming out of the reports, and someone in a senior meeting says “we need a new system.” It feels like a decisive...
by Neil Alderson | Apr 16, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
I bought a cold plunge pool last year, which quite frankly I look back on wondering what I was thinking, because the thought of jumping into ice-cold water is genuinely something that makes me want to run in the opposite direction. I didn’t buy it because I love...
by Neil Alderson | Apr 2, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
One of the most important processes in any business is being able to record, understand, and plan for your people. At its core, it’s a question of demand and supply: what capability does the organisation need to deliver against its goals, and what do we actually...
by Neil Alderson | Mar 19, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
There’s a conversation I have been involved with many times over my career, usually triggered by why the numbers came in differently than expected, whether a management report, programme financial plan or P&L insight. The forecast, budget or plan was...
