Research and publishing
Work that starts in the accounts and returns to the operating room.
Paradigm combines practitioner research, governed field evidence and enduring management wisdom. Every publication states what it knows, how it knows it and where the evidence stops.
The Cash Retention Gap
Why profitable African businesses run out of cash
The study separates two conditions that produce the same falling bank balance: profit that never becomes operating cash, and cash that converts and is then deployed without a governing allocation rule.
Non-random sample. Not a population estimate for Sub-Saharan Africa.
First published in August 2026 as The Compounding Imperative. The second edition revises the title and public architecture; the dataset and preliminary status are unchanged.
The Meeting Is the Decision Engine
A practical synthesis of eight levers that convert leadership attention into owned decisions, expected outcomes and dated next moves.
Read the briefingThe Compounding Imperative
A July 2026 special report. The analysis stands; the vocabulary it uses was superseded by the August 2026 revision of Paradigm’s language and positioning.
Read the July 2026 special reportPaper Profits
A book about the gap between reported profit and usable cash, and the operating disciplines that close it.