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...

Stepping away changes everything

The river looks entirely different from the bank. When you’re in the current, swept along by the urgency of now, everything feels inevitable. The meeting that must happen. The decision that can’t wait. The crisis demands immediate attention. You’re...

Better questions, better answers

I watched a founder grill ChatGPT last week. Three attempts. Three terrible responses. Each time, he muttered about how AI was overhyped, how it didn’t understand nuance, how he’d wasted his money on the subscription. I looked at his prompts. Each one was...

The rules you didn’t choose

The CEO insists on quarterly thinking because that’s how it’s done. The founder chases venture capital because everyone says you must. The team meets every Monday at nine because… well, that’s when meetings happen. We inherit rules like we...

When you’re ready

The teacher appears when the student is ready, they say. But maybe it’s backwards. Maybe the teacher was always there. The opportunity. The insight. The next move that would change everything. You just weren’t looking. Consider the radio wave. It’s...