This ‘Do More With Less’ conversation will ruin business growth in 2026.

Budget season doesn’t just test your numbers, it exposes your blind spots.

Every year, the same script plays out in boardrooms:

“We need to do more with less.”

It sounds pragmatic. But it’s often a sign you haven’t truly decided what matters most.

And so teams walk into the new year with:

• Too many initiatives for too few resources.
  

• Objectives so vague they can’t guide daily work.
  

• Budgets built on history and politics—not validated opportunity.

Busy work is the silent killer of strategic intent.

In my latest article, I break down:

• The 4 false trade-offs that quietly sink strategies during budgeting.
  

• Why 2026 planning is riskier than any year in recent memory.
  

• How leaders can make complex trade-offs explicit before signing off budgets.
  

• The cost of skipping simulation before committing.

And why:

If your plan for next year still lives in a slide deck, it’s already out of date.

Read the full article here >