Thinking.
This is where I explore the ideas and observations that drive my mission, from deconstructing challenges in Private Equity, and organisations, to sharing new perspectives on value, growth, transparency and accountability. These articles aim to provoke deeper thought, offering structure and clarity that illuminate the paths to greater insight.
If you don't see it. Do you know if it exists?
How do you surface something that someone else may not yet see but you do? How do you bring that light to an existing belief system that is so strong that it refuses to believe or even to see something that is there? Even if strong supporting evidence exists. Exploring something uncomfortable outside the box fills you with doubt, uncertainty, and fear. It intensely challenges your belief, and to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth is hard to accept.
Breaking a Brand's Returns Challenge
With 1,6 – 5,4% of shopping basket revenue lost managing returns, Direct-to-Consumer Retailer brands lose US$117 million profit for every US$1 billion in retail sales. The automated fruit size sorting ‘machine’ solution idea dramatically unlocked online apparel, fashion and footwear retailers to reduce returns by 48 per cent without consumer intervention. It slashed returns management costs, increased brand profits, and gave a competitive advantage to amplify customer’s experience.