Overstory Journal

Essays, field notes and research.

Writing on strategy, organisations and intelligence, drawn from advisory work and practice. Not the news cycle. The questions underneath it.

Essay

If Intelligence Is Everywhere, Why Isn't Advantage?

Every organisation now has access to the same intelligence. Very few are turning it into advantage. The difference is not the technology.

Orla Glynn August 2026
Essay

Cultivation Is the Work of Leadership

Boards and C-suites have stopped asking whether artificial intelligence matters. They now ask how do we move faster. The question between the two is the one that decides the outcome.

Orla Glynn August 2026
Field note

The Capacity We Cultivate

As intelligence becomes abundant, advantage will depend less on what organisations know and more on whether their people can reach what they already know.

Orla Glynn Coming soon
Research

Beyond the Tools

Technology is rarely the limiting factor. Organisational capability almost always is.

Orla Glynn Coming soon
Essay

What Is AI Made For?

Before asking what artificial intelligence can do, leaders should ask what they want it to become.

Orla Glynn Coming soon
Essay

Tea with the First Elected Prime Minister of Bhutan

A conversation in the foothills of the Himalayas became an unexpected lesson in leadership, systems change and creating the conditions for societies, organisations and people to thrive.

Orla Glynn Coming soon