Thinking

This is where the work gets explained rather than described. If you want to know how I think before you speak to me, start here.

Essay

Three kinds of listening

There is listening to win an argument. Listening to fix a problem. And listening to actually understand. Most senior leaders have mastered the first two, and the third is the one that changes rooms.

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Why the strengths that got you here stop working

Not a skills gap. The strategy did not change; the conditions did.

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What you have been calling the situation

On the choice that was always available — and why it cannot be seen from inside the pattern.

Occasional writing

I write when there is something worth writing. No schedule and no marketing — just the piece, when there is one.