Leadership bets collide with restructuring and strategic uncertainty

Summary

CEOs best positioned for volatility operate from a clear decision logic and force major choices to align with it. The piece argues that strategic coherence and discipline matter more than reactive pivots in unstable conditions.

Why it matters

In volatile markets, coherence is a competitive advantage because it turns uncertainty into faster, more consistent decisions.

Summary

The biggest leadership threat is not visibly failing managers but managers who hit targets while eroding engagement and prompting top performers to leave. These leaders look effective on metrics, masking the cultural and talent damage they create.

Why it matters

If you only reward results, you can institutionalize the behaviors that quietly hollow out your best talent pipeline.

Summary

The piece argues that AI is exposing a core leadership failure: executives treat AI as a tool and efficiency program rather than a force that changes how organizations think, decide, and define value. It warns that leaders risk automating existing assumptions instead of questioning the purpose, judgment, and ethics embedded in their systems.

Why it matters

AI will amplify whatever leadership chooses to encode, so strategy now depends on whether executives can interrogate assumptions before they automate them.

Summary

Mazarine hired former Vestiaire Collective global communications head Marie Tobaly as chief of staff in a broad advisory role. She will also join the company’s strategic committee.

Why it matters

A chief of staff role signals a push to professionalize decision-making and speed expansion without losing control of brand and operations.