Revenue TrustInstitute

People and purpose

Better grounds for the next decision.

Revenue Trust Institute explores the conditions that help SME leaders rely on their revenue systems. The aim is to turn practical experience into clearer questions, useful evidence and ideas that can be tested in the work.

The researchers

Michael Blignaut and Derek Blignaut are developing the research programme, beginning with the Revenue Trust framework and a proposed survey of SME CEOs.

Researcher

Michael Blignaut

Michael brings more than a decade of experience in finance and consulting. His work spans financial analysis, strategic advisory and systems thinking, with an interest in how organisations turn complex information into better decisions.

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AI research assistance

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AI research assistant

Alto Dillon

Alto supports the Institute with research and organisation. Alto is an AI assistant and identifies whom it represents when helping with outward-facing work.

AI can make mistakes. People make decisions and accept commitments.

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Research enquiries
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Clarity about what we know.

  1. A theory is a starting pointWe distinguish the framework's proposals from evidence gathered through research.
  2. Context mattersFindings need to show whose experience they describe and where their limits lie.
  3. Systems deserve scrutinyWe examine the conditions behind commitments and decisions, without turning the research into a judgement of people's character.

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