I’m leading a $100 million corporate turnaround. Here’s why I learned to distrust the growth mindset0

• Business, Commentary, Finance
• May 25, 2026

As an insurance industry veteran, I’ve had a front row seat to watch many insurtechs adopt growth assumptions borrowed from industries where scale eventually delivers profitability. Insurance doesn’t work that way. Overseeing a $100m turnaround taught me how businesses are learning the wrong lessons – not least their adoption of Silicon Valley’s philosophy of growth-above-all-else.