In 2013 the COGITA organisation will be thirty years old and will have recruited people for three decades in the COGITA way so as to suit the leadership ethic and belief systems established by the COGITA Founder.

As a generational company COGITA began systematising and extending its internal leadership supply chain in 2006.

Established in 1983 COGITA has been on auto pilot since 2006. Auto pilot is an entrepreneurial leadership system created by COGITA's founding shareholders to ensure that COGITA will continue its services, to clients, in future generations.

This means that COGITA operates under the day to day leadership (business auto pilot) of two highly qualified and experienced leaders (pilots), hand picked and continually evaluated in a transformational process by COGITA's Founding Shareholders. In 2011 the shareholders identified a candidate to be a third pilot.

To buffer against variabilty caused by the Pilot's decisions, COGITA's Auto-pilot leadership system includes the participative analyses and recommendations from COGITA's Financial Controller. The COGITA Pilots and Financial Controller evaluate their strategies, decisions and commercial performance using COGITA's proprietary financial dashboard: The Granary. It is The Granary that closes the corporate performance loop, at COGITA, by providing feedback to the Pilots and the Founding Shareholders so as to determine performance bonuses and financial buffer/asset management.

The Auto-pilot leadership system and The Granary are part of COGITA's intellectual property.

Working under individual charters since 2006 with complementary accountabilities & responsibilities for operating COGITA so as to satisfy COGITA clients and win new ones, the pilots are an extension of COGITA's leadership supply chain.

Designed by the COGITA Founder the COGITA Auto-pilot leadership system helps to ensure self sustaining leadership so that COGITA and its services will continue into future generations independently of the Founding Shareholders.

As the COGITA Group's operating leadership team, the Pilots meet with the Founding Shareholders on the second Thursday or Friday of every month to review and, if necessary, approve modifications to the COGITA Group's operations after considering monthly operating reports and statements.

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