When the music stops

Liverpool used to play heavy metal football. Fast. Relentless. Chaotic in the best possible way. You knew exactly what you were going to get. So did the opposition. That was the point. Eighteen months later, something changed. Some tactics. A few players. But mostly...

Clear the fog

Nobody chooses to drive blind. Yet every day, leaders hand their teams the keys, point them toward a destination no one has clearly described, and then wonder why people are crashing into each other. Fog isn’t a weather problem. It’s a leadership problem....

No VAR for this

I was watching football recently when VAR was called in. Everyone paused. The referee walked to the monitor, studied every angle, and still came back with a decision that half the stadium disputed. That stayed with me. Because we’ve somehow convinced ourselves...

Still unfinished

We have poured centuries of intellect and treasure into understanding the human body. And still, we are barely past the threshold. That is not discouraging. It is one of the most honest metaphors we have for what it means to pursue mastery in anything. We learn enough...

The tortoise still wins

I have been thinking about LIV Golf. Not from a sports angle, but from a strategy one. When it launched, it was hard not to be at least a little intrigued. The money was real, the players were serious, and there was genuine energy around the idea that the old model...