Articles

Professional Vision and culture have to travel together A great vision with the wrong culture burns people out; a great culture with no vision drifts. Why neither works alone. 08/11/2026
Product Development Build for the people who aren’t in the room The people most affected by what you build are usually the ones with the least say in how it's made. Designing with them in mind anyway. 25/10/2026
Product Development The long game What you build is shaped by what you plant, and the harvest comes later than you'd like. The case for patient building over the quick win. 11/10/2026
People Leading by serving The most durable form of authority is the kind that serves the people it leads. What servant leadership actually requires in practice. 27/09/2026
People The hard gift of honest feedback Flattery is easy and useless. Real feedback is uncomfortable and one of the most generous things a leader can offer. How to give it well. 13/09/2026
People People are not resources The language we use for people shapes how we treat them. Why the best leaders refuse to see those they lead as merely a means to an end. 30/08/2026
Personal Dealing honestly with your own failure Before you can correct anyone else, you have to be honest about yourself. How leaders who own their failures become safe to follow. 16/08/2026
Personal The leader who won’t rest Rest is not a reward for finishing the work. It's a discipline that keeps the work — and the worker — sustainable. Why rhythm beats endurance. 02/08/2026
Professional Why the strongest leaders stay teachable Confidence and teachability look like opposites but aren't. The leaders who keep learning are usually the ones most worth following. 19/07/2026
Professional Leading what isn’t yours Good governance starts with a posture: you are holding the organisation in trust, not owning it. What changes when you lead as a steward. 05/07/2026
Professional The quiet discipline of keeping your word Reliability is the least glamorous leadership trait and the most decisive. Why your small, kept promises matter more than your big ones. 21/06/2026
Professional The three signals that you need a coach (and the two that mean you do not yet) Most leaders I meet should not be in coaching. The ones who should are usually the ones who hesitate longest. Here is how to tell the difference. 07/05/2026
Personal Why we coach character before competence A leader can learn the skills of leading. They cannot, in the same way, learn to be the kind of person their leadership requires. Here is how we think about that. 07/05/2026
Personal The board chair’s job nobody describes accurately After fourteen years chairing a complex multi-entity organisation, here is what I wish someone had told me about the role on day one. 07/05/2026