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Published: May 18, 2026
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Twelve weeks. One question per week.

Each edition follows the same four-section pattern. New subscribers receive the most recent edition immediately and the next one on Monday morning.

Monday 13 May 2026

Edition 12: The Tuesday meeting that should be a Friday memo

On the standing meeting that absorbs four senior calendars every week and produces nothing that could not have been written down by one person on a Friday afternoon.

The Question by Priya Chandhok · The Margin by Olusegun Adetokunbo

Monday 6 May 2026

Edition 11: Difficult feedback in writing

On the email you have been drafting since Wednesday, and why your last three drafts are getting longer rather than shorter.

The Question by Joel Akande · The Margin by Rebecca Tully

Monday 29 April 2026

Edition 10: Why your 90-day plan is too short

On the framework everyone uses for the first quarter of a new senior role, and why it is the wrong framework for the work it is doing.

The Question by Hannah Park-Lee · The Margin by Stefano Bellini

Monday 22 April 2026

Edition 9: The first sentence

On the all-staff your team will remember, and the eight words you will have written before anybody else hears them.

The Question by Rebecca Tully · The Margin by Joel Akande