A running letter on boardrooms, cap tables, compliance, and succession. Written for owners and operators, not for lawyers.
Simpler On Paper
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A European CFO is told a Philippine branch office is simpler than a subsidiary. Simpler to open is not simpler to carry, and the structure signals more than anyone priced in.
Read the issueThe Annual Physical You Keep Skipping
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A board member asks why the company funds wellness for its people but treats its own governance as a checkbox. The arithmetic is identical. Only one of them gets budgeted.
Read the issueInherited Flags
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A country manager inherits a Philippine entity full of compliance flags and no clear owner. Why the missing owner is the real emergency, and how to triage the rest.
Read the issueReady, But Not Ready
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A CEO asks how to tell his daughter “not yet” without it sounding like “never”. Separate her readiness from the company's, then bring a plan instead of a verdict.
Read the issueThe Question That Assumes Its Own Answer
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An Australian team asks which CorSec mistake turns a cost-driven decision into a cost-heavy headache. The mistake is in the question.
Read the issueThe Board That Only Meets When Something's on Fire
On governance hygiene, and what “the business is doing fine” hides
A founder asks whether eighteen months without a formal board meeting is actually a problem. The honest answer, from someone who has watched that logic run out.
Read the issueThe Business of Easy
Manhattan Grit, Manila Grace · On meaningful work, before the inbox opens
Instill, integrate, insulate. Three disciplines held together, and what they actually require when nobody is watching.
Read the issueYour turn
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