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Profit Insights

Profit Insights

著者： Alex Franklin
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Profit Insights is the podcast for Private Equity professionals who want sharper thinking on the decisions that protect and grow enterprise value.


Hosted by Alex Franklin, founder of Ithaca Cyber Security and Penpole, a specialist healthcare digital transformation consultancy, each episode will give actionable takeaways from the worlds of Private Equity, Cyber Security, and Operational Excellence to deliver insight that adds value to your investment decisions and protects portfolio value.


From fractional CISO and DPO strategy to leadership frameworks, hiring decisions, and the business philosophy that separates elite organisations from the rest, Profit Insights covers the full spectrum of what it takes to maximise returns and manage risk in today's environment.


Episodes include in-depth interviews with industry leaders across Private Equity, Cyber Security, the NHS, and the NHS Supply Chain, alongside Penpole & Ithaca’s acclaimed written thought leadership, now brought to life in audio and video.


Whether you are a Operating Partner, Portfolio Company Executive, or investment professional navigating an increasingly complex risk landscape, Profit Insights gives you the frameworks, perspectives, and expert voices you need to make better decisions.

Subscribe now and visit ithacacybersecurity.com to find out how Alex and his teams can support you and your portfolio.

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  • Profit Insights #8: Establish a Compelling Vision. Logotherapy and the Five Whys.

    Profit Insights #8: Establish a Compelling Vision. Logotherapy and the Five Whys.
    2026/07/09

    Why do great companies invest time and energy in vision statements, and what does a Holocaust survivor have to teach us about building one?

    In this episode, Alex Franklin draws on Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy, Nietzsche, Seneca, and Jim Collins' Five Whys framework to make the case that a compelling vision is not philosophical fluff. It is a competitive advantage. With a practical worked example from his own business, this episode gives you the tools to establish your own.

    Read the full article: ithacacybersecurity.com/establish-a-compelling-vision-logotherapy-and-the-five-whys

    Work with Alex: ithacacybersecurity.com | penpole.co.uk

    References and Further Reading

    Frankl, V. E. (1992). Man's Search for Meaning. Blackstone Publishing. (Original work published 1946)
    Seneca. (2016). Letters from a Stoic, Letter No. LXI. (R. Gummere, Trans.). Dover Publications. (Original work published ca. 65 CE)
    Collins, J. & Lazier, B. (2020). BE 2.0. Penguin Random House UK.

    Read all Profit Insights: https://www.ithacacybersecurity.com/insights/

    Work with Alex: alex@ithacacybersecurity.com

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    9 分
  • Profit Insights #7: First Who Then What

    Profit Insights #7: First Who Then What
    2026/07/02

    Strategy, vision, and technology all matter. But according to Jim Collins, David Packard, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos, none of it matters more than who you put on your team. In this episode, Alex Franklin builds on his Level 5 Leadership column to examine the single most important factor in organisational success: getting the right people on the bus before you decide where to drive it.

    Practical, honest, and grounded in hard-won experience.

    Read the full article: ithacacybersecurity.com/first-who-then-what

    Work with Alex: ithacacybersecurity.com | penpole.co.uk

    References and Further Reading

    Collins, J. (2001). Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don't. Penguin Random House.
    Sanchez, C. (2024). Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Boring Businesses. Penguin.

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    Work with Alex: alex@ithacacybersecurity.com

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    12 分
  • Profit Insights #6: Ode to Entrepreneurship

    Profit Insights #6: Ode to Entrepreneurship
    2026/06/26

    What does it actually mean to be an entrepreneur? In this episode, Alex Franklin offers a personal and philosophical take on the entrepreneurial mindset drawing on Luke Johnson, James Wise, and John Maynard Keynes to argue that entrepreneurship is not about the yacht or the exit. It is about the willingness to take risk, question the majority, and put capital to work in defiance of the instinct to hoard.

    Read the full article: ithacacybersecurity.com/ode-to-entreprenuership

    Work with Alex: ithacacybersecurity.com | penpole.co.uk

    References and Further Reading

    Johnson, L. (2011). Start It Up: Why Running Your Own Business Is Easier Than You Think. Portfolio Penguin.
    Wise, J. (2023). The Startup Century: Why We're All Becoming Entrepreneurs and How to Make It Work for Everyone. Bloomsbury.
    Marshall, A. (1890). Principles of Economics. Macmillan. (As cited in Keynes, 1936)
    Keynes, J. M. (1936). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Macmillan.

    Read all Profit Insights: https://www.ithacacybersecurity.com/insights/

    Work with Alex: alex@ithacacybersecurity.com

    penpole.co.uk | ithacacybersecurity.com
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    9 分
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