Mark Luciano Ainsworth Mark Luciano Ainsworth

Issue No. 03 | April 2026

This month's issue explores when and why companies should deploy interim and fractional executive leadership. Plus: Bain's 2026 Global PE Report, the real cost of a wrong executive hire, rising CEO turnover trends, and governance priorities for boards in 2026.

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Mark Luciano Ainsworth Mark Luciano Ainsworth

Issue No. 02 | March 2026

Capital tightens. Everyone knows it. Few say it plainly. This issue examines where value quietly leaks when revenue lands at 80 percent of plan but spending doesn't flex accordingly — and why that's not a finance question, it's a governance question.

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Mark Luciano Ainsworth Mark Luciano Ainsworth

Issue No. 01 | February 2026

Operational fog isn't confusion or chaos. It's the gradual haze that accumulates when tensions remain unresolved, decisions are deferred, and assumptions misalign. Issue No. 01 explores how execution drift happens — and the conversations PE investors, operators, and boards should already be having.

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