
Leading in the Dark: Why Vulnerability Is Your Most Critical Leadership Tool
It’s 3:00 a.m. The sky is black and my headlamp is fading. I’m on the Tahoe Rim Trail high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I’m

When Leaders Refuse Support, Everyone Pays the Price
Growing Leadership Capacity Through Connection Many leaders struggle to accept support, believing they must have all the answers to be effective. In reality, that belief

The 3 AM Fugue State: What Ultra-Running Reveals About Your Leadership
Why technical intelligence fails under pressure, and the one “soft skill” that actually determines peak performance. When I tell people I’ve run 215 miles in

Why Competence Beats Intelligence in the Age of AI
A lot of people are terrified that Artificial Intelligence is going to make humans obsolete.Honestly? I think the opposite is true. What AI is doing—faster

Three Practices for Emotional Awareness
For decades, we’ve been taught to “manage behaviour” as if behaviour exists in a vacuum. It doesn’t.Behaviour is simply the smoke.Emotion is the fire. And

You Can Do More Than You Know!
It is often said that we overestimate what we can do in a year and underestimate what we can do in ten. This quote has