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Our perspective comes from the field, not the sidelines. Pyxis Journal brings together lessons learned, industry insights, and the thinking that drives transformation across energy, industrials, and investment sectors.


Why Business-Led Advisory Outperforms Technology-Led Consulting
By Steven Bradford, Pyxis Group Many transformation programs begin with a technology decision. An organization selects a platform, commits to an implementation, and then works backwards to define how the business will operate around that solution. The expectation is that the system will enable change and drive improvement. In practice, this approach often creates friction. Technology, by itself, does not define outcomes. It enables them. When the starting point of a transform

Steven Bradford
5 days ago2 min read


Data Is Only Valuable If It Drives Decisions
By Stephen Bell, Pyxis Group Data is often described as a strategic asset. Organizations invest heavily in collecting it, storing it, and building infrastructure around it. Modern systems generate data continuously, often at a level of detail that was not previously possible. The assumption is that more data leads to better outcomes. In practice, that is not always the case. The challenge is not data generation. It is data utilization. Many organizations have access to large

Stephen Bell
Jul 272 min read


Why Market Feedback Is the Most Underrated Growth Strategy for Founders
By Matt Flanagan, Pyxis Group Early-stage companies tend to prioritise growth through customer acquisition. The focus is often on securing the next deal, closing the next client, or reaching the next stage of revenue. While these are necessary objectives, they can create a narrow view of how the business is developing. In many cases, the most valuable outcome of early market engagement is not the sale. It is the feedback. Every interaction with the market provides information

Matt Flanagan
Jul 72 min read


Exceptional Outcomes: How InnoVent Renewables Scaled a Solution to the World's Waste Tire Problem
Every year, around 1.5 billion waste tires reach the end of their life and are dumped globally. It is one of the largest and most stubborn waste challenges in the world - and it is the problem Vibhu Sharma set out to solve. As CEO of InnoVent Renewables, Vibhu and his team developed a technology that takes those end-of-life tires and converts them into valuable products. The science was proven. The opportunity was clear. What remained was the hardest question any founder face

Pyxis Group
Jun 232 min read


Pyxis Group, Principia Consulting, and CommodityAI Partner to Bring Agentic AI to Commodity Operations
The partnership combines CommodityAI's agentic AI platform with Pyxis Group and Principia Consulting's commodity advisory and CTRM & ETRM implementation experience to modernize global commodity operations. A Partnership Built Around a Real Operational Problem Physical commodity trading runs on email, documents, and chat. Contracts, nominations, confirmations, and counterparty communications move through unstructured channels daily — yet the CTRM and ERP systems that underpin

Pyxis Group
Jun 163 min read


Why Strategy Fails in Execution
By Rodney Smith, Pyxis Group Most organizations do not struggle to define strategy. Leadership teams are capable of setting direction, identifying growth opportunities, and making informed decisions about where the business should go. In many cases, the strategy itself is sound. The challenge is execution. The gap between strategic intent and operational delivery is one of the most consistent issues across industries. From the outside, it presents as missed targets, delayed i

Rodney Smith
Jun 103 min read
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