Who questions your choices

Power has a peculiar effect on judgment. The higher you climb, the quieter dissent becomes. Your board might nod. Your team might smile. Your family might defer. But who actually stops you when you’re about to make a costly mistake? Consider Theranos. Elizabeth...

Clock ticking

“We’ll research that issue later this week,” someone on my team said about a problem that required attention. I stopped them immediately. What seemed like a minor delay would actually mean clients wouldn’t receive the nevcessary information for...

Is innovation the distraction?

We live in a culture that prizes novelty over wisdom. But chasing trends without understanding is how you turn optimization into dysfunction. The business world feeds on the next big thing. Agile became the answer to everything. Then it was OKRs. Now it’s AI...

Are you drifting?

“What’s your philosophy?” Pete Carroll asked this after fifteen mediocre seasons coaching football. The answer changed everything, leading to championships at USC and a Super Bowl with Seattle. Most leaders I meet don’t have an answer....

Mind over mayhem

In times of market turmoil, clarity becomes your most valuable asset. The swirling chaos doesn’t discriminate by industry or size. Facts are scarce, answers scarcer. Panic feels natural but solves nothing. This is when pen meets paper. What’s truly...