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Transitions: What CMOs Are Missing About These Moments That Matter

Why Transitions Are One of the Most Overlooked Insights in Modern Strategy.

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Christopher Smith
Jun 01, 2025
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I have been thinking a lot about transitions lately.

We like to think of life in chapters. But most of us don’t experience clean page turns. We experience transitions. Not quite an ending. Not yet a beginning.

Transitions are those quiet, liminal moments when something shifts beneath the surface. They don’t always come with headlines or hashtags. They don…

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