Insights

Writing for people who don't need more simplifications.

Short essays and perspectives on responsibility, relationships, performance and what happens beneath the surface when people lead.

Self-leadership

When being capable becomes a leadership problem

What once made you indispensable can later make it hard to lead through others. Letting go of competence as identity is one of the harder transitions in senior roles.

Responsibility

The loneliness that comes with responsibility

The larger the mandate, the fewer the rooms where you can think unfinished thoughts. That is why a qualified, confidential conversation is not a luxury but sometimes part of leadership that works.

Relationships

You may not need more self-confidence

What looks like insecurity can sometimes be an intelligent defence. The question isn't always how to build it away — but what it is trying to protect.