Notes on leading yourself, ruthless simplicity, and AI.
Seventeen years of building teams, burning out twice, and starting over, written down.
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- When silence backfires: why leaders must choose radical transparency
Hide and people invent stories. Open up and earn trust. Even if it means showing scars.
- Why banning AI in interviews exposes broken hiring practices
Companies ban AI to protect hiring, but the real problem is their outdated interviews. Not candidates using smart tools.
- Broken hiring: why banning AI in interviews misses the point
Companies ban AI in interviews but use it to cut costs. The real test isn't avoiding AI. It's knowing how to use it well.
- Purpose-driven leadership: the secret to retaining talent and driving growth
Leading without purpose kills culture and performance. Discover why purpose-driven leadership outperforms and keeps top talent loyal.
- Resilient leadership: why vulnerability builds stronger teams in 2025
Resilience isn't grit. It's recovery, vulnerability, and trust. Here's how leaders can build resilient teams in an unstable world.
- The rise of quiet cracking: when burnout becomes cultural collapse
Quiet quitting was a warning. Quiet cracking is the collapse. Here's why it's spreading and how leaders can stop it.
- I used to write posts like everyone else
I used to write posts like everyone else. Buzzwords.
- Leadership nearly broke me
Leadership nearly broke me. Deadlines slipping.
- I almost quit leadership
I almost quit leadership. Not because of the pressure.
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