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Papers on inherited decisions: how they persist, how they slow an organisation, and how to clear them.
Featured · Foundational paper
The Most Expensive Decision Nobody Is Examining
How inherited decisions govern present work, and how to clear one · 2026
The SCAR thesis paper. It sets out what inherited decisions, operating memory and decision drag cost an organisation, and how one decision is cleared.
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When a Rescue Plan Stalls
Business Rescue Practitioners · 2026
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New Ownership. Old Decisions.
Private Equity · 2026
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The Deal Closed. The Decisions Didn’t.
M&A professionals and integration advisers · 2026
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The Approval That Became the Business
Founder-led organisations · 2026
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When Succession Starts Making Today’s Decisions
Family offices · 2026
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