by unthink | May 8, 2026 | Blog Post
My mother was a great chef. No meal was ever a disappointment. She could take something mundane and simple and produce something extraordinary. What she never did was bake. No cakes. No elaborate goods of any kind. So here I am. Decades of culinary adventures behind...
by unthink | May 7, 2026 | Blog Post
The spreadsheet said no. The rational analysis confirmed it. Every advisor in the room agreed. The founder did it anyway. And it worked. We spend enormous energy building systems to eliminate irrational thought. Better data. Tighter frameworks. More rigorous logic. We...
by unthink | May 6, 2026 | Blog Post
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...
by unthink | May 5, 2026 | Blog Post
Most leadership teams can talk about the competition, the market, the strategy. What they can’t talk about is each other. Not really. Not the things that matter. The dependency that isn’t working. The relationship that broke six months ago. The team member...
by unthink | May 4, 2026 | Blog Post
“I’ve got your back.” The leader who announces support loudest often delivers it least. The declaration becomes the act. The statement becomes the substitute. Real support is quiet. It shows up uninvited. It costs something. If you have to say it,...
