Insights, case studies and news from PYXIS

Boards should ask whether leaders are truly accountable for people management outcomes. If not, HR will keep absorbing what leadership fails to own.

Learn how boards can investigate incidents with clear accountability while avoiding blame that suppresses reporting, weakens controls, and hides risk.

Safety 4.0 improves safety by identifying drivers, root causes and hotspots, using What-If analysis to prioritise actions and track leading indicators.

In LEVERAGE, the ‘Shadow of the Leader’ principle forms the heart of a successful culture strategy, recognising the impact of leaders’ day-to-day behaviour on people and work practices at all levels of an organization.

Culture 4.0 is a timely and compelling guide to rethinking corporate culture for a world of seismic change, and a practical roadmap for any leader serious about making culture their greatest competitive advantage.

A US energy utility, operating complex infrastructure across multiple sites, wanted to strengthen their safety culture and reduce risks. While safety policies and reporting processes were in place, senior leaders wanted to identify and address the underlying causes  of safety risk across the organisation. Safety performance was a standing concern at executive and board level — not because leaders were disengaged, but because incidents continued to occur despite sustained inve

Cyber security was treated as a technology issue, not a business issue . The Head of Cyber Security Strategy in a $55bn multinational consumer goods company wanted to identify the hidden cultural and organisational levers that would improve cyber security. This case study explains how PYXIS helped reframe cyber security as an enterprise issue, map causal factors across the organisation, prioritise improvements using scenario planning, and strengthen board-level oversight. Cli

A strong cyber security programme is not just a technology problem. It’s an enterprise risk problem. This insight piece explains why outcomes improve when CISOs and boards work as true partners, and what each side can do to make governance practical and effective. Why the CISO–Board partnership matters Cyber risk drops when oversight is real, not symbolic. Cyber security can’t be guaranteed, but the risk of breaches drops considerably when the CISO has a strong working relati

Cyber attacks on healthcare institutions are rising fast, with high costs and serious consequences . This case study explains how hospitals can strengthen cyber resilience by focusing on culture — not just technology — and by making cyber security an enterprise-wide responsibility, from trustees and senior leadership to every staff member. The scale of the challenge Healthcare is a prime target for cybercrime. Ransomware, data theft and operational disruption are increasing i

Cyber security remains costly and ineffective when it’s viewed purely as a technology problem. This case study shows why human and organisational factors — leadership accountability, embedded risk practices and cultural drivers — are central to cyber resilience, and how a systems-oriented culture model helps leaders prioritise action and reduce risk. The gap in traditional cyber security approaches Technology spending hasn’t reduced cost or risk. In 2020, global spend on cybe