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The Story we tell Ourselves about why People say “yes” to our Marketing
I’ve noticed we have a habit of congratulating the wrong thing… especially in business. Someone says yes and we rush to credit the headline, the funnel, the positioning, the sly little hook we thought up in the shower. It feels good to imagine the yes was engineered, that we lined up the dominos just right…
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Does Poetry belong in the Boardroom?
More than fifteen years ago, I found myself in conversation with Libby Wagner in Seattle. Long before the corporate world began flirting with the idea that poetry might have something to offer its hardened landscapes. Yet even with all the time that has passed I can still feel the quiet recognition that we were circling…
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Does Indoctrination in School, affect how we Lead?
I’ve been thinking about how much of our leadership style — the real one, the one that shows up when we’re tired or cornered — started forming long before we ever held a job title. Long before a performance review. Long before a “vision” or a “mission” or a “strategic plan.” The shaping began in…
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Wealth, Optionality, and the Deliciousness of “No”
The Economic Times features a quote each day. Today’s quote is from Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Lebanese-American New York Polytech Professor, essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist; whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, complexity, and uncertainty. You are rich if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept. There’s…
Alignment, alignment-adjacent, antifragility, clarity, complexity, freedom, giving vs. receiving, inauthenticity, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, no is a complete sentence, on being rich, pretending, probability, Quote of the Day, The Economic Times, uncertainty, volatile environments, wealth building, wealth measurement -
The Invisible Obstacle and Money Flow
We make money heavier than it needs to be. Leaders talk about revenue, runway, profitability, receivables… the whole glossary of financial adulthood. Yet beneath all of that is something quieter, older, almost embarrassingly human: our relationship with giving and receiving. Somewhere along the way we made receiving the crowned jewel. We elevated the incoming. The…
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Should is a Judgment. Could is an Opportunity
There’s a small linguistic trapdoor that most leaders fall through without noticing. It’s tucked inside two tiny words that shape entire days, teams, and decisions. Should.Could. One shuts the room.The other opens it. Should is the quiet judge at the back of the boardroom. It carries the weight of expectation, obligation, invisible rulebooks written by…
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Present Moment Avoidance Ensures the Absence of Miracles
The word miracle carries a lot of weight. Miracles are those extraordinary events that defy natural laws, usually attributed to a supernatural power (like God) or divine intervention, causing wonder and amazement We usually pray for miracles: So generally miracles manifest as healings, deliverances, resurrections, or provision, exceeding our control and expectations. What if we could experience…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
If you could better understand one thing about your business right now….
Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.
I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions 