Perspectives

Perspectives

Points of view on the questions that decide whether marketing, commerce and data become an advantage or an expense. Written to explain why — not to hand over a playbook.

Operating model

Proof breaks inertia

Organisations don't stall for lack of ideas — they stall because the leap feels too big. How the path from proof of concept to MVP to product turns inertia into momentum by replacing opinion with evidence.

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Identity & data

First-party identity is the only durable advantage

Third-party signal is being recalled. Why the identity you resolve from your own relationships is the one advantage that compounds and cannot be switched off by someone else.

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Architecture

The all-in-one suite is a trap

The suite sells simplicity and charges for it in lock-in. Why composable architecture wins over time — through ownership, best-of-breed, and the freedom to adapt.

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Operating model

Build vs buy is the wrong question

Build in-house or buy from an agency is a false trade-off between control and capability. The better question: what should you own, and what should you rent?

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Engineering

Performance marketing is engineering now

The lever moved from creative and buying to data and systems. Why modern performance lives or dies on infrastructure — signal quality, identity and automation.

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Architecture

Ecosystems compound, point solutions decay

A point tool solves today's problem and becomes tomorrow's debt. Why an owned ecosystem appreciates while disconnected tools decay — the long-run economics of how you assemble your stack.

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