
LEADERSHIP FORESIGHT When the Backup Plan Becomes the Next Vulnerability Redundancy, Strategic Margin, and the Leadership Responsibility to Preserve Options September 12, 2026Applied Leadership Brief There is an important difference between having a backup and having genuine redundancy. The distinction has become unusually visible in the Middle East. Pressure on the Strait of Hormuz led…

The Margin We Preserve Why Servant-Leaders Build Capacity for Problems That Have Not Arrived Yet Monday Briefing — September 14, 2026Evidence Reviewed Through September 12, 2026 The developing situation surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, and Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline gives leaders a useful real-world lesson in something organizations often discover too late: redundancy…