Business

Strategy13 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

Approximate Value Functions and Online Planning

A handbook for solving large sequential decision problems using value-function approximation, receding-horizon control, rollouts, search, sparse sampling and Monte Carlo tree se…

Finance13 Aug 2026 · 8 min read

Asset Bubbles: Diagnosis, Credit Cycles and Wealth Effects

A handbook for understanding the typical stages of an asset bubble, diagnostic warning signs, the role of credit and the way asset-price changes can feed into consumer spending.

Balance Sheet: Working Capital, Current Assets and Liquidity

A practical guide to analysing cash, receivables, inventory, prepaid items, current assets, current liabilities and liquidity without relying on one ratio.

Belief-State Planning: Offline, Online and Controllers

A handbook for planning when system state is uncertain, including belief-state value functions, offline and online POMDP planning, point-based methods and controller abstractions.

Finance13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Cash Flow, Capital Expenditure, Buybacks, Valuation and Investment Discipline

A handbook for connecting operating cash flow, capital expenditure, share repurchases, earnings yield, valuation, purchase discipline and sell decisions.

Collaborative Agents and Decentralised Decision Making

A handbook for coordinating multiple decision-makers with shared objectives when information is distributed, using decentralised partially observable models, communication and p…

Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Problem Framing

A handbook for framing consequential decisions when outcomes are uncertain, combining objectives, alternatives, probability models, utility, information and sequential learning.

Finance13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Durable Business Quality: A Financial Analysis Framework

A practical framework for using financial statements to test business quality, economic resilience, capital efficiency and the durability of competitive advantages.

Earnings Quality: One-Offs, Taxes, Net Income and EPS

A handbook for distinguishing recurring operating earnings from gains, losses and financing effects, then analysing pre-tax income, tax, net earnings and earnings per share.

Exploration, Exploitation and Model Learning

A handbook for balancing learning and performance in uncertain decision systems using bandit logic, model-based learning, model-free learning and controlled exploration.

Income Statement: Revenue, Costs, Margins and Operating Expenses

A detailed guide to analysing revenue, cost of goods or services, gross profit, operating expenses, depreciation and the operating economics revealed by an income statement.

Startup13 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Initiative and Entrepreneurial Behaviour

A practical handbook for taking initiative, recognising opportunities and applying entrepreneurial behaviour without confusing action with recklessness.

Integrated Financial Statement Reading Framework

A step-by-step handbook for reading the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement as one connected model of business performance and financial position.

Leadership13 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Integrity and Assertive Leadership

A practical leadership guide to integrity, ethical consistency, trust, boundaries, constructive disagreement and assertive communication in everyday management.

Learning Probability Models: Parameters and Structure

A practical guide to estimating model parameters, Bayesian learning, non-parametric approaches, missing data and learning probabilistic model structure from evidence.

Liabilities, Debt Maturity and Balance-Sheet Risk

A detailed guide to current liabilities, payables, short-term and long-term debt, maturity risk, deferred obligations and the balance-sheet risks created by leverage.

Long-Term Assets: Goodwill, Intangibles and Capital Intensity

A handbook for analysing property and equipment, goodwill, intangible assets, long-term investments and the capital intensity of a business.

Multiagent Strategy, Games and Sequential Interaction

A practical guide to strategic interaction among multiple decision-makers using normal-form games, best responses, equilibrium concepts, repeated adaptation and Markov games.

Policy Search, Policy Gradients and Actor-Critic Methods

A practical guide to directly optimising decision policies using parameterised policy search, gradient estimation, actor-critic architectures and stable optimisation practices.

Policy Validation, Robustness and Rare Events

A handbook for evaluating decision policies, estimating performance, testing rare-event risk, measuring robustness and using adversarial scenarios before deployment.

Principles of Effective Business Strategy

A practical guide to seven strategy principles: objective, initiative, concentration, manoeuvre, coordinated action, surprise and exploitation of advantage.

Probabilistic Inference: Exact and Sampling Methods

A handbook for answering probability queries in structured models using exact inference, variable elimination, message passing and Monte Carlo sampling methods.

Probabilistic Reasoning, Distributions and Bayesian Networks

A practical introduction to probability distributions, conditional probability, independence and Bayesian networks for representing uncertainty in business decision models.

Personality Development13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Professional Image and Assertive Presence

A practical handbook for building a credible professional image through consistent behaviour, appropriate presentation, clear communication and respectful assertiveness.

Finance13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Rental Property Underwriting: Income, Expenses and NOI

A step-by-step rental-property underwriting guide using an anonymised eight-unit source example to reconcile rent roll, vacancy, operating expenses and net operating income.

Personality Development13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Self-Confidence, Positive Attitude and Learning from Role Models

A handbook for building grounded self-confidence, a constructive mental attitude and a practical learning system based on observable behaviours from successful people.

Sequential Decisions and Markov Decision Processes

A practical introduction to sequential decision problems, Markov decision processes, policies, value functions, Bellman equations and exact solution methods.

Shareholders’ Equity, Retained Earnings, Returns and Leverage

A practical handbook for reading common and preferred equity, retained earnings, treasury shares, return on equity and the way financial leverage affects shareholder returns.

State Uncertainty, Belief Updates and Filters

A detailed guide to decision making when the true state is partially observed, including belief states, Bayesian filtering, Kalman filters, extended and unscented filters, and p…

Strategy13 Aug 2026 · 8 min read

Strategic Planning: Five Questions, Participants and Implementation

A detailed strategic-planning handbook built around five core questions, the right participants, facilitation, focused planning sessions and implementation discipline.

Strategic Thinking, Business Model Renewal and Objectives

A handbook for separating strategy from budgeting, defining strategic objectives, renewing a business model and turning long-range intent into actionable choices.

Personality Development13 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Sustainable Personal Performance: Health, Energy and Work Motivation

A practical self-management guide to sustainable work performance, fatigue control, healthy routines, morning activation and maintaining energy under pressure.

Utility, Expected Value and Value of Information

A handbook for converting uncertain outcomes into rational choices using preference models, expected utility, decision networks and value-of-information analysis.

Startup13 Aug 2026 · 15 min read

21 Strategies for Starting a Business

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Startup13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

5 Steps to Get Started

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Business Expansion13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

6 Steps for a Financially Independent Life

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Sales & Marketing13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

7 Steps to Social Media Success

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Leadership13 Aug 2026 · 8 min read

7-Step Framework

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Business Expansion13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

9 Tips for Business Growth and Diversification

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A Brief History of AI and Its Strategic Future

Trace AI from symbolic systems to deep learning and use emerging capability themes to plan realistic business scenarios without relying on hype.

Sales & Marketing13 Aug 2026 · 8 min read

Acceptability, Affordability, Accessibility & Awareness Marketing Method

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Personality Development13 Aug 2026 · 11 min read

Accountability Partners and Habit Contracts

A handbook for using social consequences, accountability partners and explicit habit contracts to make unwanted behaviour less satisfying and commitments more visible.

Personality Development13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Acting and Performance Skills

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Business Expansion13 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Advisory Board Framework

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Startup13 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

Affordable Medicine at Scale: A Biotech Startup Case Study

A biotech startup case study — how a first-time entrepreneur overcame no capital and skeptical banks, then beat the multinationals with a "High Volume, Low Value" model and bios…

AI for Internal Operations and Quality Management

Apply AI to facility design, day-to-day operations and quality control through clear use cases, safe integration and measurable operational outcomes.

AI for Supply-Chain Networks and Digital Twins

Use AI and digital twins to improve supply-chain visibility, forecasting and scenario response while controlling data, model and execution risks.

AI Hypersegmentation and Personalisation Strategy

Design AI-enabled segmentation and personalisation using clear objectives, meaningful features, testable treatments, privacy controls and incremental measurement.