Featured Essays
Essays on organizational systems, attention, and the conditions that shape how we work and what we notice.
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Trust Isn’t a Soft Skill. It’s Critical Architecture for Leadership Teams.
I overheard a leadership team’s conversation last week. They were in the middle of their review processes and they were asking how they can get more honest reviews and feedback. What they were getting was surface-level and overwhelmingly positive. The reviews were so positive that they weren’t useful at all. This was my first thought:…
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What St. Francis of Assisi and Leonardo da Vinci Understood About Interconnection
Two men, centuries apart, saw the same thing: the world isn’t fragmented. What looks separate is connected. What looks like stillness is often where precision begins. One observed through science and art. The other through prayer and belonging. Both refused to abbreviate what was whole. I didn’t know any of this the first time I…
