Evidence-led executive briefings drawn from hundreds of conversations with leaders working across supply chains, climate, energy and digital transformation.
This research programme turns Tom Raftery’s extensive interview archive into structured, traceable analysis for senior decision-makers. Each briefing examines patterns across multiple interviews, tests conclusions against contradictory evidence and distinguishes recurring findings from emerging signals and genuine evidence gaps.
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The missing market for time
Turn long-duration energy storage into dependable capacity
Why does technically credible energy storage still struggle to become a financeable, connected and operating asset?
Drawing on a structured review of 50 interviews, this executive brief examines how system planning, market design, procurement and delivery shape deployment. It explains why valuing useful duration matters—and why technology readiness alone is neither a sufficient explanation for slow progress nor a guarantee of success.
For energy executives, utilities, investors, developers and policy-makers moving from storage ambitions to investment and delivery decisions.
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Why supply-chain AI pilots fail to deliver lasting value
Turn a promising model into a dependable operating capability
Why do promising supply-chain AI pilots struggle to become reliable, repeatable and economically sustainable production capabilities?
Drawing on a structured analysis of 43 interviews and 154 relevant transcript sections from the Resilient Supply Chain archive, this executive brief identifies four strongly supported barriers: production data, connection to execution, decision authority and work design. It also examines successful scaling cases, counterexamples and areas where the evidence remains less conclusive.
Resilience without excess
Protect service without turning resilience into permanent cost
How can businesses strengthen supply-chain resilience without embedding unnecessary inventory, capacity and complexity?
Drawing on a structured analysis of 41 interviews from the Resilient Supply Chain archive, this executive brief identifies five decisions that help leaders protect critical operations while maintaining financial and operational discipline.