The questions we’re not asking

Forty minutes explaining why the transformation initiative stalled. Better systems. Clearer accountability. More data. The usual suspects. Then came the question: “What question would change everything if you had the courage to ask it?” Silence....

Restoration

The calendar gives us this peculiar gift. A week suspended between the urgency of December and the ambition of January. Most of us don’t plan it—it simply arrives. The mornings stretch longer. The walks happen without an agenda. The mind, finally permitted to...

Schedule snow days

Yesterday morning, watching snow fall. The world went quiet. Not the quiet where you’re waiting for something to interrupt – actual silence. It was beautiful in a way we’ve forgotten to notice. We’ve convinced ourselves that constant noise...

The square peg problem

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...

Lean into questions

We’re addicted to the big reveal. The moment when everything clicks. When the consultant presents slide forty-seven, it suddenly all makes sense. However, the breakthrough doesn’t come from finding better answers. It comes from better questions. You...