Jordan Ellery speaking on stage

Researcher · Speaker · Adviser

Decisions
built to last

Talks and guidance that show leaders the hidden forces bending their judgement.

Wrote “The Long Middle” · Wiley, 2024

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What I do

Three ways to put the work to use

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01

Talks that reset the room

Speeches built to send people out with a shared lens and tougher questions than they carried in.

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02

Books that outwork any single talk

Long-form pieces that keep guiding choices well after the audience has gone home.

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03

Counsel that sharpens live decisions

Steady guidance for leaders who must judge well with only partial evidence in hand.

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By the numbers

The work, in brief figures

500+

Organisations counselled

20

Years studying decisions

150

Keynotes on stage

He gave our team two days and a clearer lens for hard calls — one we still reach for three years on.

Dr. Idris Oyelaran

Dean, Ashcroft School of Public Policy

Our board meetings changed shape entirely. Slimmer papers, stronger debate, quicker alignment.

Elena Marsh

Chair, Meridian Development Bank

One offsite, one page of principles — and our whole executive team still quotes it back.

Priya Nair

Chief Operating Officer, Calloway Health

He says the thing the room has been skirting around — and the room ends up grateful.

Tomás Reyes

Director, Northgate University Alliance

Portrait of Dr. Idris Oyelaran
Insights

Chosen essays and sessions

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Research

Trust as Infrastructure

Why confidence acts less like mood and more like machinery that needs servicing.

Speaking

The Cost of Slow Decisions

Why waiting always bills somebody, and how senior teams close the gap between seeing and doing.

Next step

Send the room home with something that lasts.

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