by unthink | Sep 29, 2026 | Blog Post
Most teams meet each other properly for the first time in a crisis. That is the worst possible introduction. It comes up in almost every engagement we run. The strategy is sound, the plan is clear, and then a difficult conversation arrives and stalls. The issue...
by unthink | Sep 27, 2026 | Blog Post
We are terrible appraisers of our own kitchens. Massimo Bottura grew up fighting his brothers for yesterday’s bread, soaked in warm milk with a splash of coffee. Years later, at Osteria Francescana, he rebuilt that bowl as a dessert. It tasted better than the...
by unthink | Sep 26, 2026 | Blog Post
A handwritten note. That’s how it started. Fifty years ago this week, a 14-year-old drummer named Larry Mullen Jr. pinned “Drummer Seeks Musicians To Form Band” to a noticeboard at Mount Temple in Dublin. Four teenagers turned up in his kitchen. Bono...
by unthink | Sep 24, 2026 | Blog Post
There’s a moment in almost every leadership meeting I sit in. Someone leans forward, as if about to speak, and then leans back. I’ve learned to watch for it. What happens in that half-second is rarely about the idea. It’s a calculation. Will this...
by unthink | Sep 23, 2026 | Blog Post
In almost every planning session, there’s a moment when the energy lifts. It’s when the conversation turns to the future. The big goal. The three-year picture. The number that would change everything. People lean in. The whiteboard fills up. I understand...
