by unthink | Nov 23, 2025 | Blog Post
Driving in the wet is different. You know this. The moment rain hits the windshield, something shifts. Not just the road surface (though that matters) but your attention. Your grip on the wheel. The distance you maintain. The rules haven’t changed. Speed limits...
by unthink | Nov 22, 2025 | Blog Post
We protect secrets like treasures. I’ve watched founders guard their revenue numbers, their struggles, their doubts—as if admitting difficulty would expose weakness. They tell investors one story, employees another, and themselves a third version altogether....
by unthink | Nov 21, 2025 | Blog Post
I caught myself mid-sentence yesterday with a client. “You need to…” Stop. That’s not my job. My job isn’t to tell founders what they need. It’s to help them see what they already know but haven’t admitted yet. There’s...
by unthink | Nov 20, 2025 | Blog Post
I watched them for twenty minutes. Three baristas at my regular coffee shop. Same haircut. Same cadence. In the same way, they tilted their heads when taking orders. Not cousins. Not friends who decided to work together. Just people who’d absorbed the unspoken...
by unthink | Nov 19, 2025 | Blog Post
We hire Sarah because she’s exceptional at operations. Detail-oriented. Process-driven. Makes the trains run on time. Then we put her on the strategy committee and wonder why she struggles to think in broad, ambiguous strokes about the future. We hired her for...
by unthink | Nov 17, 2025 | Blog Post
The decision is made. Workforce reductions. Necessary for survival. But here’s where we fool ourselves. We announce the cuts, then add a generous notice period because we “care.” Three months, sometimes more. Time to find their next opportunity, we...
