A CEO asked me: “Should I lower my standards?”
I didn’t answer. I asked her four questions instead. By the last one, the room went silent.
Standards don’t slip because people stop caring. They slip because leaders avoid the conversations that hold them in place.
Stop waiting for permission to fix what’s broken.
Your sphere of influence is bigger than you think.👇
That fresh 2026 spark already flickering out by mid-January?
Most leaders watch their bold plans quietly lose steam in the fog of uncertainty… but what if that same uncertainty is secretly the fuel for 25% more ideas and unstoppable team energy?
Ghosting didn’t start in dating apps, it’s definitely following us into the workplace.
And what it reveals about leadership might surprise you 👇
A leadership team can have great values, great experience, and great intentions…
and still miss the most important ideas in the room.
Not because of culture.
Not because of politics.
But because of thinking diversity.
If we only understand who we are, not how we think, we’re leading half-blind.
That’s why I created the Thinker Test™: a quick way to map the 16 cognitive capacities that shape how we solve problems, collaborate, and decide.
In skydiving and leadership, the biggest risks don’t happen when we’re new.
They happen when we think we’ve seen it all.
Here’s what 200 jumps🪂 taught me about overconfidence and vigilance.
We’ve all been in that meeting.The leader asks, “What does everyone think?” Heads nod, suggestions fly, and suddenly the goal shifts from making a decision
A few days ago, I found myself regularly staring at my windows, wondering if Cyclone Alfred was about to crash in our backyard. Definitely not
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