Transformation leader · Author · Columnist · Executive educator
Akin Monehin
Helping leaders turn strategy into execution.
Transformation leader, author, executive educator and advisor, with experience across energy, aviation, logistics and business transformation. Creator of the GROWTH Anchor, C3 Formula, ALIGN and RECODE frameworks.
- The book
- Execution Is a Lie, 2025
- The columns
- The Guardian and BusinessDay
- The firm
- Praxis Execution Advisory
Start here
What brings you here?
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Topics and formats, then the booking form.
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Coverage and the biography, then the press kit.
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I’ve read the book, or want to
The argument and the frameworks, then the columns.
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Praxis Execution Advisory, his advisory firm, has its own site.
What leaders say
Akin turns insight into discipline; aligning what matters, assigning real owners, and reviewing progress so performance compounds.
Akin turns choreography into routine; clear ownership and measurable signals that make performance predictable.
The book
Execution Is a Lie
Why Real-World Strategy Fails Without Systems, Signals, and Skin in the Game
Execution Is a Lie reframes leadership; it’s not about why people fail to deliver, but why systems fail them.
Writing
From the columns.
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BusinessDay · The Execution Gap
Your CEO is brilliant. Why does everything wait for them?
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BusinessDay · The Execution Gap
A sound strategy can still fail when the organisation is not ready.
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The Guardian · Executing Ideas
Execution failure isn’t mysterious. It’s mathematical.
Read it in the archive
Speaking
Invite Akin to speak.
Topics
- Strategy execution
- Leadership
- Transformation
- Accountability
- Governance
- Research to practice
- Innovation adoption
- Organisational change
- GROWTH Anchor
- Execution Is a Lie
Formats
Keynotes, executive education, university and MBA sessions, retreats, panels, podcasts, interviews, webinars and workshops.
As featured in
- The Guardian
- BusinessDay
- ThisDay
- Vanguard
- The Sun
- Independent
- Daily Trust
- TheCable
RecognitionNamed twice in the Choiseul 100 Africa ranking of economic leaders.
Press and coverage