The long walk

May 31, 2025

With an objective in hand, with a mountain picked out, with an end goal spied, then what? Put your head down, put one foot in front of the other, and make... READ MORE

Carving a channel

May 30, 2025

Every story is full of nuance. It’s important, it’s the whole story, and … it’s just not interesting to most people most of the time. When you’re talking to your team, an... READ MORE

Knee-jerk thinking

May 28, 2025

Any time you look back at a project it’s tempting or easy to put a rosy glow across the thing, or cast a dark shadow. It all went swimmingly or... READ MORE

They see you smaller

May 22, 2025

Some calls are unpalatable. Some emails you just don’t want to write. Some meetings you’d rather not arrange. But that’s the work. When you took the title, when you hired... READ MORE

Yet more time

May 18, 2025

Sometimes, the way to do business is to put your hands behind your back and walk away. You’ve done everything you can to make this product, relationship, partnership, arrangement, system,... READ MORE