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The economics of decision-making
What changes for an organization when decision speed becomes the limiting factor, and what CEOs can do about it. Peter Guillon’s analysis of the economics of decision-making, in two to four in-depth, sourced articles a month.
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Featured
Regaining control of your equity before succession
October 22, 2026
A founder buys out his fund investors and takes his stake to 86% of the capital. What the deal teaches CEOs of small, midsize and mid-market companies about succession.
AI agent governance
Delegate to an AI agent as you would to an executive
The delegation charter in seven questions
August 18, 2026
Seven questions a leadership team must ask before handing a mission to an AI agent. By Peter Guillon, who runs AI agents in production.
AI transformation and use cases
AI adopted everywhere, invisible in the accounts
October 22, 2026
Nearly 9 in 10 business leaders see no effect of AI on their productivity. What that says about the organization, and what a CEO can do about it.
Which AI use cases actually pay off for a small or midsize business?
The ranking, with the evidence
October 9, 2026
Five uses of AI whose gains were measured against a control group, ranked for a small or midsize business. Number one: the customer service assistant, +15% productivity.
Succession, acquisition and family governance
The featured article above opens this topic.
The economics of decision-making
The CEO sparring partner
What it is, and what it is not
July 11, 2026
A CEO sparring partner is neither a coach nor a consultant. It is a peer in your corner who pressure-tests your decisions, in complete confidence.
The correction window
The cost of delay nobody budgets for
July 9, 2026
The Meadows model measures the gap between the signal received and the decision taken. Fifty years on, AI widens that gap as much as it narrows it.
Glossary
A glossary of the economics of decision-making
The key terms in our analysis, defined in plain language.
About the author
Peter Guillon
Founder of Exelvys. 28 years in general management, more than 1,000 employees led. He works with CEOs who want to decide faster without deciding worse.
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