Practitioners
Consultants, auditors, and assessors with hands-on experience in performance management frameworks.
The System Behind the System: Guidelines for contributors who see the bigger picture. Here's what we're looking for, how we think about content, and what makes a strong submission.
Insights focuses on performance management maturity—how organizations progress from basic, reactive approaches to integrated and adaptive systems. We examine how strategy, measurement, culture, and improvement work together as interconnected parts, and what determines whether organizations advance or get stuck at certain levels.
Most writing in this field looks at practices in isolation—individual KPIs, specific processes, or standalone cultural initiatives. We study the system that connects them. Maturity reveals the journey rather than just the checklist, showing how organizations develop the capability to align all their performance elements into a coherent whole.
Every piece we publish explores the pathways that move performance systems from one level to the next. We help practitioners and leaders recognize not only what exists in their organizations, but how ready those systems are to function together. This perspective defines our niche: making the evolution of performance systems visible and actionable.
From trends to real-world lessons, all in one place.
Short, accessible pieces that introduce key ideas and perspectives on performance management maturity. These may include news commentary, opinion notes, or quick takes designed to spark awareness and provide easy entry points for readers (800–1,200 words).
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Practical narratives that showcase how organizations progress in maturity—moving from one level to another and highlighting the lessons, challenges, and turning points along the way. These stories bring theory to life and make maturity journeys tangible (1,200–2,000 words).
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Dialogues with leaders, assessors, reformers, and researchers. Whether one-on-one or in panel format, interviews reveal diverse perspectives and create space for debate, reflection, and exchange around what drives or hinders maturity (1,000–1,800 words).
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Long-form, evidence-driven explorations of maturity as a discipline. These articles analyze frameworks, compare cases, or synthesize research into strategic insights, offering thought leadership that advances understanding of the “system behind the system” (2,000+ words).
Read Deep DivesOur editorial vision works through three pillars. Each one represents a different way to approach maturity—from quick insights to deep analysis.
Spotting what's coming
Scanning for early signals, shifts, and the right questions to ask before problems get entrenched. Quick pieces designed to help leaders notice patterns and spark awareness.
Turning experience into knowledge
Taking stories, field lessons, and real professional experiences and turning them into insights others can use. The focus here is credibility—showing what actually works, not just what should work.
Building the discipline
Frameworks, benchmarks, and systematic analysis. We bring theoretical research out of academia and into the practitioner world, while developing new perspectives that advance performance management maturity as a discipline—giving reformers, researchers, and system builders tools that hold up under complexity.
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Consultants, auditors, and assessors with hands-on experience in performance management frameworks.
Executives, directors, and policy professionals who have guided organizational change.
Professionals who see the day-to-day realities of systems in motion and can share grounded insights from within.
Academics and analysts exploring performance management, governance, or organizational maturity.
Even if you’re not in the field directly, a strong idea or unique perspective may find its place in Insights. If it fits our editorial vision, we’ll help shape it for publication.
We value contributors who can turn experience into insight and insight into clarity. Strong submissions usually reflect some of the following qualities:
Drawing on real work with performance frameworks, audits, or organizational change.
Lessons from improvement efforts, reform projects, or assessment work.
The ability to make complex systems understandable and actionable.
Arguments supported by data, research, or well-observed field experience.
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